Educational Access and the State: Historical Continuities and Discontinuities in Racial Inequality in American Education.

Walters, Pamela Barnhouse

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ERIC Number: EJ679978

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Publication Date: 2001

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Educational Access and the State: Historical Continuities and Discontinuities in Racial Inequality in American Education.

Walters, Pamela Barnhouse

Sociology of Education, p35-49 2001

Discusses racial inequality in educational funding and other educational opportunities throughout the United States. Argues that reliance on local taxes as a primary source of school funding and the sanctity of local school-district boundaries are the main institutional obstacles to the elimination of racial inequality. (CAJ)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Public Education, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, School Districts, School Taxes, Social Stratification

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Brown v Board of Education

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