Five Miles Away, a World Apart One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America

Name: Five Miles Away, a World Apart One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America
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ISBN: 9780195327380

ISBN-10: 0195327381

ISBN-13: 9780195327380

Edition: 2010

Authors: James E. Ryan

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Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/6/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.42" wide x 9.33" long x 1.24" tall
Weight: 1.562
Language: English



Introduction




Past: School Desegregation and Middle America



Buying Time



Don't Cross That Line



Present: Save the Cities, Spare the Suburbs



Desegregating Dollars



Like a Russian Novel: School Finance Litigation in State Courts



Limited Choices



The Impact of Choice and the Role of Courts



Lowering the Bar: The Standards and Testing Movement



Future: Demography Is Opportunity



In Search of Ties That Bind


Epilogue: Freeman and Tee-jay Revisited


Notes


Bibliography


Index