Educational delusions? why choice can deepen inequality and how to make schools fair / Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenberg and associates.

Other author Orfield, Gary.
Other author Frankenberg, Erica.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Descriptionxi, 317 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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SeriesThe Staff and Educational Development Series
Contents Choice and civil rights: forgetting history, facing consequences / Gary Orfield -- Choice theories and the schools / Gary Orfield -- The promise of choice: Berkeley's innovative integration plan / Erica Frankenberg -- Valuing diversity and hoping for the best: choice in Metro Tampa / Barbara Shircliffe and Jennifer Morley -- Designing choice: magnet school structures and racial diversity / Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Erica Frankenberg -- A segregating choice? an overview of charter school policy, enrollment trends, and segregation / Erica Frankenberg and Genevieve Siegel-Hawley -- Failed promises: assessing charter schools in the Twin Cities / Myron Orfield, Baris Gumus-Dawes, and Thomas Luce -- The state of public schools in post-Katrina New Orleans: the challenge of creating equal opportunity / Baris Gumus-Dawes, Thomas Luce, and Myron Orfield -- School information, parental decisions, and the digital divide: the SmartChoices project in Hartford, Connecticut / Jack Dougherty, Diane Zannoni, Maham Chowhan, Courteney Coyne, Benjamin Dawson, Tehani Guruge, and Begaeta Nukic -- Experiencing integration in Louisville: attitudes on choice and diversity in a changing legal environment / Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenberg -- Conclusion: a theory of choice with equity / Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenberg.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 271-294) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012040600
ISBN9780520274730 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520274747 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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