Despite decades of expensive school desegregation and school finance litigation, millions of African-American and Latino children remain concentrated in high-po
In 1954 the Supreme Court decided Brown v. Board of Education; ten years later, Congress enacted the Civil Rights Act. These monumental changes in American law
Examines the goals of equality in education, reviews the experiences of five communities, and recommends policy measures to improve educational opportunity in t
The promise of a free, high-quality public education is supposed to guarantee every child a shot at the American dream. But our widely segregated schools mean t
More than 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision declared segregated schooling inherently unequal, this timely book sheds light on how and why