Cialdini raamat
Even if we
were to ignore the inevitable legal and constitutional challenges and the disruptive
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societal wrangle such a retreat would provide, there are solid reasons for pursuing
classroom integration. For instance, although white students' achievement levels re-
main steady, it is lO times more likely that the academic performance of minority
students will significantly increase rather than significantly decline after desegrega-
tion (Stephan, 1978).
We must be cautious in our approach to school desegregation so that we do
not throw out the baby with the bath water. The idea, of course, is to jettison just
the water, leaving the baby shining from the bath. Right now, though, our baby is
soaking in the Schmutzwasser of increased racial hostility. Fortunately, real hope for
draining away that hostility is emerging from the research of education specialists
into the concept of "cooperative learning