
Educational Delusions?
Why Choice Can Deepen Inequality and How to Make Schools Fair
University of California Press
1st Edition
Published on 25. January 2013
Book
Hardback
330 pages
978-0-520-27473-0 (ISBN)
Description
The first major battle over school choice came out of struggles over equalizing and integrating schools in the civil rights era, when it became apparent that choice could be either a serious barrier or a significant tool for reaching these goals. The second large and continuing movement for choice was part of the very different anti-government, individualistic, market-based movement of a more conservative period in which many of the lessons of that earlier period were forgotten, though choice was once again presented as the answer to racial inequality. This book brings civil rights back into the center of the debate and tries to move from doctrine to empirical research in exploring the many forms of choice and their very different consequences for equity in U.S. schools. Leading researchers conclude that although helping minority children remains a central justification for choice proponents, ignoring the essential civil rights dimensions of choice plans risks compounding rather than remedying racial inequality.
Reviews / Votes
"An important book presenting a powerful rejection of the notion that school choice is a path to improving schools... Highly recommended." -- S. H. Minner ChoiceMore details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Berkerley
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
9 line illustrations, 11 tables
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-520-27473-0 (9780520274730)
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Gary Orfield | Erica Frankenberg
Educational Delusions?
Why Choice Can Deepen Inequality and How to Make Schools Fair
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01/2013
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Educational Delusions?
Why Choice Can Deepen Inequality and How to Make Schools Fair
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01/2013
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University of California Press
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Persons
Gary Orfield is Professor of Education, Law, Political Science and Urban Planning at UCLA. He co-founded and directed The Harvard Civil Rights and has brought this project to UCLA. Orfield is a leader in the field of civil rights, education policy, urban policy and minority opportunity. Erica Frankenberg is an assistant professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University and formerly worked at the Civil Rights Project. She is the co-editor of several recent books on K-12 school integration policies.