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21
Room for Improvement
While test scores have risen at Dorsey, there is still room for improvement.
Beyond “school-wide Wednesdays,” there are other approaches to merge student interests
in an effort to save the school and create unity where it may not have existed otherwise.
Nancy Diaz is a junior at Dorsey and has been a member of the Coalition for
Educational Justice for two years. Last year, she led a student sit-in to fight budget cuts.
Though she finds the racial division at Dorsey to be overwhelming at times, being a part
of the CEJ has opened a door for solidarity that is not dependent upon race.
“We’re all fighting for the same thing. We want to be open-minded,” said Diaz.
Noah Lippe-Klein is the director of the CEJ. The organization is a collaboration
between teachers, students and parents working together to address issues of educational
justice. The latest mission of the CEJ is combating school budget cuts and the impending
charter takeover.
“The students call it a double shark attack,” said Lippe-Klein.
The CEJ is preparing to challenge the privatization of Dorsey, budgets cuts and
become “involved in the process of putting together a vision of what our school could
look like,” said Lippe-Klein.
One of the primary aspects of the Public School Choice program is allowing each
bidding group to come up with a vision and proposal as to how the school in question can
be reformed.
Lippe-Klein is part of a team of teachers and administrators who are helping to
piece together a new vision for the school. In addition to researching various methods of
Object Description
| Title | Dorsey High School: a lesson in transformation |
| Author | Kirkland, LeTania R. |
| Author email | letania.kirkland@gmail.com; letania_kirkland@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Journalism (Print Journalism) |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-28 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-04 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Gutierrez, Felix |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Celis, William Wilson, Fracille |
| Abstract | Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Los Angeles is at a crossroads. The school serves a community that, for decades, has been hailed as one of the largest historically black enclaves in the city. However, as migration throughout Los Angeles continues, what was once a predominately African-American community is almost equally Latino. This dramatic shift is mirrored at Dorsey, which some students and faculty call a segregated campus. However, there are others who believe the school has the potential to overcome stereotypes of so-called black/brown tension in Los Angeles. Dorsey’s faculty is working to create cohesion on campus and effectively serve the ever-changing community that it serves. |
| Keyword | Dorsey High School; Los Angeles; race; class; demographics; south Los Angeles; immigration; education |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Los Angeles |
| Geographic subject (state) | California |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA |
| Coverage date | 2000/2011 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3890 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Kirkland, LeTania R. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Kirkland-4459 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume29/etd-Kirkland-4459.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 24 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 21 Room for Improvement While test scores have risen at Dorsey, there is still room for improvement. Beyond “school-wide Wednesdays,” there are other approaches to merge student interests in an effort to save the school and create unity where it may not have existed otherwise. Nancy Diaz is a junior at Dorsey and has been a member of the Coalition for Educational Justice for two years. Last year, she led a student sit-in to fight budget cuts. Though she finds the racial division at Dorsey to be overwhelming at times, being a part of the CEJ has opened a door for solidarity that is not dependent upon race. “We’re all fighting for the same thing. We want to be open-minded,” said Diaz. Noah Lippe-Klein is the director of the CEJ. The organization is a collaboration between teachers, students and parents working together to address issues of educational justice. The latest mission of the CEJ is combating school budget cuts and the impending charter takeover. “The students call it a double shark attack,” said Lippe-Klein. The CEJ is preparing to challenge the privatization of Dorsey, budgets cuts and become “involved in the process of putting together a vision of what our school could look like,” said Lippe-Klein. One of the primary aspects of the Public School Choice program is allowing each bidding group to come up with a vision and proposal as to how the school in question can be reformed. Lippe-Klein is part of a team of teachers and administrators who are helping to piece together a new vision for the school. In addition to researching various methods of |
