Five miles away, a world apart : one city, two schools, and the story of educational opportunity in modern America /

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?

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ryan, James E. (James Edward)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Temas:
Segregation in education > Law and legislation > United States.
Education > United States > Regional disparities.
Discrimination in education > Law and legislation > United States.
School integration > Law and legislation > United States.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Discrimination in education > Law and legislation
Education > Regional disparities
School integration > Law and legislation
Segregation in education > Law and legislation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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