On Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity

1985 NCTE Annual Business Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Background This resolution expressed NCTE members' belief that the health of the United States as a nation depends on insuring all citizens access to quality education.  Proposers voiced concern that efforts to ignore or weaken programs for ensuring affirmative action and equal opportunity threaten the ability of schools to serve students and support teachers from diverse backgrounds.  Be it therefore Resolution Resolved, that the National Council of Teachers of English reaffirm its commitment to affirmative action and equal opportunity in education and in its own affairs; and           that NCTE charge its Task Force on Minority Participation in NCTE to formulate recommendations on how the Council can become more effective in supporting those principles in education generally.