Just Schools : The Idea of Racial Equality in American Education / David L. Kirp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kirp, David L., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

PART ONE. The Aspiration to Equality

CHAPTER 1. Uniformity and Idiosyncrasy: A Delicate Balance

CHAPTER 2. Race: The Persisting American Dilemma

CHAPTER 3. Education: The Many Meanings of Equal Opportunity

CHAPTER 4. The Interplay of Legalism and Politics

PART TWO. Race and Schooling: The Experience of Five Communities, 1955-1980

CHAPTER 5. Contiguous Communities, Disparate Histories

CHAPTER 6. San Francisco: Multitudes in the Valley of Indecision

CHAPTER 7. Richmond: Busing, Backlash, and Beyond

CHAPTER 8. Berkeley: "Schools Worthy of Imitation"?

CHAPTER 9. Sausalito: Sense and Sentimentality

CHAPTER 10. Oakland: Interest Politics Regnant

PART THREE. The Possibility of Policy

CHAPTER 11. Stays Against Confusion: Understanding the Historical Experience

CHAPTER 12. Self-interest and Public Good: Reshaping Race and Schooling Policy

Appendix

Notes

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780520314788

0520314786

OCLC:

1229161118