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Still Failing: The Continuing Paradox of School Desegregation

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Description for Still Failing: The Continuing Paradox of School Desegregation Hardback. .
Still Failing: The Continuing Paradox of School Desegregation is a significantly updated and revised version of Caldas and Bankston's previous book Forced to Fail: The Paradox of School Desegregation. The book includes an analysis of the most significant Supreme Court cases that have been decided in the ten years since the first edition of the book appeared. The authors consider the important implications of these recent rulings for the future of school desegregation in America's schools. Social capital theory is used to explain why schools and communities continue to be segregated along racial and ethnic lines. Still Failing also provides ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
186
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781610489621
SKU
V9781610489621
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About Stephen J. Caldas
Stephen J. Caldas has published many articles and books on school desegregation. He also publishes in the area of bilingual education. He currently teaches quantitative research methodology and education policy at Manhattanville College in New York. Carl L. Bankston III is an American sociologist and author. He is best known for his work ... Read more

Reviews for Still Failing: The Continuing Paradox of School Desegregation
Still Failing reveals America's daunting reality of the persistent racial gap in academic achievement despite decades of judicial actions on school desegregation. Critical of top-down social engineering, the authors offer an alternative account to explain why desegregation still fails to meet its intended goal, guiding readers toward a better understanding of how race, class, and social networks influence educational ... Read more

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