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Brown v Board of Education

“Inequality and the Schoolhouse” by Stan Karp (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)

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By Stan Karp (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Richard Rothstein asks how much schools can be expected to overcome the staggering inequality that continues to define our society. It’s the right question. Educational inequality—whose manifestations go well beyond test score gaps—is perhaps the central problem our schools face. How we deal with it will go a long … [Read more...] about “Inequality and the Schoolhouse” by Stan Karp (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)

“Don’t Lose the Battle Trying to Fight the War” by John J. Jackson (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)

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By John H. Jackson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In the year that we commemorate the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Educationand the 40th anniversary of passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Richard Rothstein’s “Even the Best Schools Can’t Close the Race Achievement Gap” highlights the importance of our nation’s commitment to address people of color’s … [Read more...] about “Don’t Lose the Battle Trying to Fight the War” by John J. Jackson (September-October 2004 P&R Issue)

A Response

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I join Gary Orfield’s observations in response to Richard D. Kahlenburg’s article on socioeconomic school integration. I write to articulate an analysis that may be implicit in Orfield’s observations and that is absent or ignored in Kahlenburg’s. Both articles failed to confront the core of the school integration issue, whether it is defined by race or by class: white racism … [Read more...] about A Response

“H.R. 40: If Not Now, When?” by Jeanne Mirer (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)

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By Jeanne Mirer  (Click here to view the entire issue) In 1977, I had to fly to a city in the Midwest. The cab driver who picked me up at the airport got chatty and asked me where I was from. When I said "Detroit," he asked, "which suburb?" I said, "I live in the city." He then said to me, "How do you stand it? There are so many niggers there." Obviously, because I was … [Read more...] about “H.R. 40: If Not Now, When?” by Jeanne Mirer (November-December 1994 P&R Issue)