Bringing Equity Back: Research for a New Era in American Education Policy
This book examines the shifting terrain of educational policy and why now, more than ever, we must bring equity back to the center of educational reform. Drawn from recent empirical studies of critical issues in education policy, well-known scholars present new analyses of the current status of past reforms. They also examine historical, economic, and political conditions that generate inequalities in educational opportunity.
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Education, economics, and sociology are among the perspectives the contributors bring to bear as they examine some important equity issues facing American public education in the long wake the 1954 US Supreme Court ruling against racial discrimination in public schools. The major theme is that equity-minded policies have been endangered since the 1980s by the rise of the notion of excellence. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Foreword1The shifting terrain of educational policy : why we must bring equity back32The politics of equity in urban school reform163How tracking undermines race equity in desegregated schools494Mandates still matter : examining a key policy tool for promoting successful equity-minded reform775Shaping the future : testing and diversity in college admissions1036Addressing institutional inequities in education : the case of advanced placement courses in California1367Reforming whole schools : challenges and complexities1618School choice in the foreground, gender equity in the background1959Charter school reform and the shifting meaning of education equity : greater voice and greater inequality?21910Race, assets, and choosing schools : current school choices and the future of vouchers24411Do school vouchers lead to greater social equity?26312Adequacy litigations : a new path to equity?291Afterword325
