Five miles away, a world apart: one city, two schools, and the story of educational opportunity in modern America
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Main Author: Ryan, James E., (James Edward) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2010
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Item Description: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
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (ix, 384 pages)
ISBN:0199745609
9780199745609

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