Radical dreamers : race, choice, and the failure of American education /
"This book adopts the controversial issue of school choice as a window for exploring America's failed journey to provide every child with an equal educational opportunity since the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision of 1954. The book demonstrates the role played by...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This book adopts the controversial issue of school choice as a window for exploring America's failed journey to provide every child with an equal educational opportunity since the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision of 1954. The book demonstrates the role played by advocates on both the left and the right sides of the political spectrum in undermining that goal. The story is brought to life by profiling the lives and work of six major characters whose careers intersected and have influenced our national conversation about race and schools for more than a half-century. It connects the choice issue to a host of others, including desegregation, fiscal equity, community control, and curriculum reform. The narrative integrates the genres of biography, history, politics, policy, law, and critical theory to develop the idea of racial surrogacy as a tool for analyzing and explaining America's unfulfilled promise. It draws on the author's relationship with four of the major characters to tell the story."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197827130 0197827136 |