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Forced to fail [[electronic resource] ] : the paradox of school desegregation / / Stephen J. Caldas and Carl L. Bankston III



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Autore: Caldas Stephen J. <1957-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Forced to fail [[electronic resource] ] : the paradox of school desegregation / / Stephen J. Caldas and Carl L. Bankston III Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
Disciplina: 379.2/63/0973
Soggetto topico: Segregation in education - United States
Educational equalization - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: BankstonCarl L <1952-> (Carl Leon)  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-247) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: 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 country. The book takes a very broad perspective on race and education, situated in the larger context of the development of individual rights in Western civiliztion.||The book traces the long legal history of first racial segregation, and then racial desegregation in America. The authors explain ho
Titolo autorizzato: Forced to fail  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-70664-3
9786610706648
0-313-05024-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910455190403321
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