Article Review

The article “Quality Integrated Education” is written by William Brazziel. William Brazziel had a question in his mind that how schools of integrated communities would match or even approach the records set  by the schools those have segregated themselves in a community.

The question arose from the fact that to be able to build a truly integrated society, one must eliminate the plague of moral confusion that generates cynicism, contam for values in powered by elders, drug abuse other ills, we see about us which so happens to be segregated schools or poorly integrated schools. Such an example was that Madison High School in Brookline which was located in the most liberal communities in the country.

Needless to say the Madison High was the only school in such a disaster state, running on unwritten rules such as the idol rational balance on white and black students was 3-1, classifying the students on IQ test scores, keeping them on the same track throughout their school experience and discouraging a particular community from specific extra curricular activity.

As Kofi Annan once said that Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family. Having said that more questions were raised. What should we work? How can we be sure , that a bad situation exists in a given system? How can we measure the success and failures of our efforts?

Success needs excellence, excellence needs failures and failures needs hard work. For this hard work we have some principles to come up with good results. Those principles are as follows; Students should accept every adult in the school as a role model either academically or ethically. Trained teachers should be preferred to teach who have experience to teach in an integrated education. Every individual should have equal opportunity to be facilitated by the instructional resources in schools, include extra curricular activities through participating in them. The grading and disciplinary system should be unaffected on colour, cast and creede. Same can be said for guidance program such as SAT date, recommendation letter and scholarships. Students should be provided with atmosphere free from enfeebling expressions and publicity. The state itself must set an example of integration by showing diversity in leadership position and not just favouring a part of demography.The process of integration education time consuming and those involved have produced excellent result in the long rhythm.

In short the author tells us a few principles which will be very helpful in developing the quality integrated education. The point of view of this article is very strong. Principles introduced are very useful. Here i have an argument for the first principle that is; “every / Any Adult” here includes principals, janitors, lunch lady, peon, and security staff. Because they work honesty, modesty and gratefulness. Author has has used powerful examples to explain the expression of black communities in the integrate schools earlier. It is a really nice topic to debate upon. I appreciate William Brazeel's efforts.