The education of Blacks in Nova Scotia
LE3 .A278 1983
1983
Bowen, Kurt
Acadia University
Bachelor of Arts
Honours
Sociology
Various community studies in the late 1950's to the mid 1970 1 s indicated that the educational level of Black Nova Scotians was far below the provincial average. Blacks were facing high dropout rates and numerous problems in the Nova Scotian school system, even after the decline of segregation and the educational reforms brought about by the Nova Scotia Association for the Advancement of Coloured People. Beginning in 1965, new initiatives were instituted to improve the educational level and opportunities of Blacks, but no data are available on the effects of these ,. recent endeavors. Using various theories of minority underachievement in the educational system as my framework, and based on the data from these community studies, I concluded that the difficulties faced by Blacks were due to their socioeconomic status, rooted in their historical oppression. Based on this analysis, I concluded also that these new initiatives will meet with minimal success and are actually doing very little to improve the educational level of Blacks in Nova Scotia.
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