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Badges and Incidents: A Transdisciplinary History of the Right to Education in America. Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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Kaufman, Michael J. – Cambridge University Press, 2019
In "Badges and Incidents," Michael J. Kaufman undertakes an interdisciplinary investigation of American education law and pedagogy. By weaving together the invaluable insights of law, education, history, political science, economics, psychology, and neuroscience, this book illuminates the ways in which the design of the American…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights, Equal Education, School Law
Democracy Now? Race, Education, and Black Self-Determination
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Dixson, Adrienne – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: The Supreme Court's June 2007 decision on the Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1 (PICS) provides an important context for school districts and educational policy makers as they consider the role of race in school assignment. The PICS decision has been described as essentially…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Race, Equal Education, Racial Segregation
A Cultural Political Economy of School Desegregation in Seattle
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Dumas, Michael J. – Teachers College Record, 2011
Background/Context: School desegregation has been variably conceptualized as a remedy for racial injustice, a means toward urban (economic) revitalization, an opportunity to celebrate human diversity, and an attempt to more equally distribute educational resources. At the center of the debate over the years is the extent to which school…
Descriptors: Race, Social Class, School Desegregation, Ethnography