Five miles away, a world apart one city, two schools, and the story of educational opportunity in modern America - Ryan, James E., (James Edward) (Oxford University Press, 2010)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-369) and index
How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones?
Introduction: Freeman and Tee-Jay -- Past: School desegregation and middle America. Buying time ; Don't cross that line -- Present: Save the cities, spare the suburbs. Desegregating dollars ; Like a Russian novel: school finance litigation in state courts ; Limited choices ; The impact of choice and the role of courts ; Lowering the bar: the standards and testing movement -- Future: Democracy is opportunity. In search of ties that bind ; Freeman and Tee-Jay revisited