Educational Freedom in Urban America: Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education

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This book offers a prescription for reform that includes freedom of choice among public and private schools.

Author(s): David Salisbury
Year: 2004

Language: English
Pages: 220

Preliminaries......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 8
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 12
1. The Continuing Struggle for Parental Choice,......Page 14
2. Fulfilling the Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education,......Page 18
3. Freedom of Choice......Page 26
4. The Meaning of Zelman and the Future of School Choice......Page 66
5. Educational Freedom for D.C. Schools......Page 82
6. Undermining Teacher Quality......Page 122
7. Private and Public School Desegregation in Atlanta 50 Years after Brown vs. Board of Education......Page 148
8. Building Futures with Private Scholarships......Page 160
9. Success as a Charter School: The Cesar Chavez Experience......Page 170
10. The Politics of School Choice......Page 190
11. What Does a Voucher Buy?......Page 218
12. Markets and Urban Schooling......Page 260
13. How Markets Affect Quality......Page 278
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 338
INDEX......Page 342