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George, Janel; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2021
The long-standing effort to desegregate schools in the United States has been fostered, in part, by the development of magnet schools, which were launched in the 1960s to offer appealing choices of educational programs that could attract an integrated population of families. Magnet schools are public elementary or secondary schools that seek to…
Descriptors: Magnet Schools, Equal Education, School Desegregation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Cardichon, Jessica; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2019
Today's education landscape, including how students experience school, can reflect pervasive educational inequities. Past federal administrations and congresses, recognizing their critical role in addressing inequality, often acted to address disparities and violations of students' civil rights that had been left unresolved by states and…
Descriptors: Student Rights, Civil Rights, Federal Government, Government Role