Discrimination in Elite Public Schools

Investigating Buffalo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

This book examines the Buffalo Public Schools and their admissions process following a civil rights complaint filed by parents and community leaders. The authors offer research-based recommendations for reducing barriers to enrollment and for creating competitive admissions choice systems that will allow all students access to important educational opportunities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-04-06
Mått:160 x 231 x 17 mm
Vikt:375 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:Teachers' College Press
ISBN:9780807759363

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Utbildningsstrategier och utbildningspolitik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Gary Orfield is distinguished research professor of education, law, political science and urban planning and co-director of The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project. Jennifer B. Ayscue, PhD, is an American Educational Research Association Congressional Fellow and was research director of the Initiative for School Integration at The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA.

Recensioner i media

"One of the book’s major contributions is the attention it lends to the highly political nature of civil rights research...provides an illustrative example of ways that discriminatory systems are maintained through uncritical acceptance and defended vigorously by those who stand to benefit the most."—Teachers College Record