Michael E. Debakey High School for Health Professions: Houston Magnet Schools and the Mandate of Integration

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dc.citation.firstpage61en_US
dc.citation.issueNumberSpringen_US
dc.citation.journalTitleRice Historical Reviewen_US
dc.citation.lastpage72en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber3en_US
dc.contributor.authorJones, Benjaminen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-07T13:16:26Zen_US
dc.date.available2018-06-07T13:16:26Zen_US
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.descriptionThis paper was written in Race and Education in the Urban South (HIST 421), taught by Dr. Byrd.en_US
dc.description.abstractIn the 1970s, the Houston Independent School District embarked on an ambitious program of voluntary desegregation driven by magnet schools. The DeBakey High School for Health Professions, which offered high quality career education to students across the district, quickly became the program’s flagship institution. Forty years later, DeBakey serves a disproportionately white and Asian student body and integration is no longer a goal of the school. The language of choice, once used by segregationists, has been refashioned to suit the purposes of the magnet school. Waning commitment to DeBakey’s integrative potential is emblematic of Houston’s failed attempt at racial equality.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipRice History Departmenten_US
dc.format.extent12 ppen_US
dc.identifier.citationJones, Benjamin. "Michael E. Debakey High School for Health Professions: Houston Magnet Schools and the Mandate of Integration." <i>Rice Historical Review,</i> 3, no. Spring (2018) Rice University: 61-72. https://doi.org/10.25611/57a4-6t16.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalJones-RHR-2018-Springen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.25611/57a4-6t16en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/101528en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherRice Universityen_US
dc.relation.IsPartOfSeriesSpring 2018en_US
dc.titleMichael E. Debakey High School for Health Professions: Houston Magnet Schools and the Mandate of Integrationen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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