Forced to fail : the paradox of school desegregation /

Caldas and Bankston provide a critical, dispassionate analysis of why desegregation in the United States has failed to achieve the goal of providing equal educational opportunities for all students. They offer case histories through dozens of examples of failed desegregation plans from all over the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Caldas, Stephen J., 1957-
Other Authors: Bankston, Carl L. (Carl Leon), 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005.
Subjects:
Segregation in education > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Ségrégation en éducation > États-Unis.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Educational equalization
Segregation in education
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 School Desegregation: A Policy in Crisis; Chapter 2 How Did We Get Here?; Chapter 3 The Demographic Transformation of America; Chapter 4 It Takes a "Certain Kind of" Village to Raise a Child; Chapter 5 The Political Economy of Education and Equality of Educational Opportunity; Chapter 6 Rational Self-interest versus Irrational Government Policy; Chapter 7 School Desegregation and the Racial Achievement Gap; Chapter 8 A New Perspective on Race and Schooling: Attaining the Dream; Notes; Index.

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