Politics, Race, and Schools: Racial Integration, l954-l994: 2 (Studies in Education/Politics) - Hardcover

Watras, Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0815317662 ISBN 13: 9780815317661

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

First Published in 1997. Focusing on a case study from the civil rights movement, the author illuminates the issues and problems that emerge when schools are used to advance social equality. He examines the political controversies surrounding the racial desegregation of public and private schools in Dayton over a 40-year period during which the city initiated several nationally recognized programs to overcome segregation. The book also discusses racial integration in public and religious schools in different parts of the United States during that time. It describes experiences in public schools, Catholic schools, and private schools covering individually guided education, ethnic studies, magnet schools, compensatory education, and the New Futures Program funded by a private foundation. The text is innovative in its survey of the relationships between city administrators, public school officials, and Catholic and private school educators. It also provides important analysis of how curriculum changes have affected desegregation and examines the role of private philanthropies in education.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0815317662
• ISBN 13: 9780815317661
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 358