Law and School Reform : Six Strategies for Promoting Educational Equity / Jay P. Heubert.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heubert, Jay P., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--Finance--United States.

Educational equalization.

Educational law and legislation--Education--United States.

Educational law and legislation.

Education--United States.

Education.

Minorities--United States.

Minorities.

Special education--United States.

Special education.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2008]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nearly every effort to reform American public education during the past half-century has involved the law. Partnerships and tensions between lawyers, educators, parents, and scholars have never been more central to the future shape and direction of our schools. This powerful book examines six of the most important and controversial school reform initiatives: school desegregation, school finance reform, special education, education of immigrant children, integration of youth services, and enforceable performance mandates. The contributors-leading authorities in the fields of education and law-examine these reform efforts from the perspectives of law, education, research, and practice. The authors trace the evolution of these reform strategies over time. They also explore ways in which lawyers, educators, scholars, and parents, through improved collaboration, and promising new approaches, can promote school reform and educational equity more effectively in the future.Assuming no special background, this engaging and accessible book has been written for educators, lawyers, policymakers, parents, and all readers concerned with education in America.Contributors to this volume:Jay P. Heubert; Gary Orfield; Molly McUsic; Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco; Peter Roos; Thomas Hehir; Sue Gamm; Martin Gerry; Paul Weckstein.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1 Six Law-Driven School Reforms: Developments, Lessons, and Prospects

Chapter 2 Conservative Activists and the Rush Toward Resegregation

Chapter 3 The Law's Role in the Distribution of Education: The Promises and Pitfalls of School Finance Litigation

Chapter 4 Cultural, Educational, and Legal Perspectives on Immigration: Implications for School Reform

Chapter 5 Special Education: From Legalism to Collaboration

Chapter 6 Service Integration and Beyond: Implications for Lawyers and Their Training

Chapter 7 School Reform and Enforceable Rights to Quality Education

Afterword: Reform Law and Schools

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300147735

0300147732

OCLC:

1024051326