- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Standing at a Crossroads
- School Choice as a Civil Right
- Integration after <i>Parents Involved</i>
- Advancing the Integration Agenda under the Obama Administration and Beyond
- School Racial and Ethnic Composition and Young Children's Cognitive Development
- Southern Graduates of School Desegregation
- Legally Viable Desegregation Strategies
- Regional Coalitions and Educational Policy
- Socioeconomic School Integration
- The Effects of Socioeconomic School Integration Policies on Racial School Desegregation
- Is Class Working?
- Using Geography to Further Racial Integration
- Magnet Schools, MSAP, and New Opportunities to Promote Diversity
- Resource Allocation Post–<i>Parents Involved</i>
- Improving Teaching and Learning in Integrated Schools
- Latinos, Language, and Segregation Options for a More Integrated Future
- Federal Legislation to Promote Metropolitan Approaches to Educational and Housing Opportunity
- Linking Housing and School Integration to Growth Management
- Conclusion
- Contributors
- Index
Standing at a Crossroads
Standing at a Crossroads
The Future of Integrated Public Schooling in America
- Chapter:
- (p.13) Standing at a Crossroads
- Source:
- Integrating Schools in a Changing Society
- Author(s):
John Charles Boger
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
This chapter describes the decades of collaborative effort by lawyers, social scientists, and community members to pursue public school integration. Describing the Sheff v. O'Neill litigation and the developments ending the voluntary integration policy in Wake County, North Carolina, the chapter highlights the political and legal fragility of voluntary integration efforts, reminding us about the difficulty in maintaining support for integration and educational reform.
Keywords: public school, integration, Sheff v. O'Neill, integration policy, Wake County, North Carolina, educational reform
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Standing at a Crossroads
- School Choice as a Civil Right
- Integration after <i>Parents Involved</i>
- Advancing the Integration Agenda under the Obama Administration and Beyond
- School Racial and Ethnic Composition and Young Children's Cognitive Development
- Southern Graduates of School Desegregation
- Legally Viable Desegregation Strategies
- Regional Coalitions and Educational Policy
- Socioeconomic School Integration
- The Effects of Socioeconomic School Integration Policies on Racial School Desegregation
- Is Class Working?
- Using Geography to Further Racial Integration
- Magnet Schools, MSAP, and New Opportunities to Promote Diversity
- Resource Allocation Post–<i>Parents Involved</i>
- Improving Teaching and Learning in Integrated Schools
- Latinos, Language, and Segregation Options for a More Integrated Future
- Federal Legislation to Promote Metropolitan Approaches to Educational and Housing Opportunity
- Linking Housing and School Integration to Growth Management
- Conclusion
- Contributors
- Index
