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- English
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Examines the goals of equality in education, reviews the experiences of five communities, and recommends policy measures to improve educational opportunity in the United States. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982.
Examines the goals of equality in education, reviews the experiences of five communities, and recommends policy measures to improve educational opportunity in the United States. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which com
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- PART ONE The Aspiration to Equality
- CHAPTER 1 Uniformity and Idiosyncrasy: A Delicate Balance
- CHAPTER 2 Race: The Persisting American Dilemma
- CHAPTER 3 Education: The Many Meanings of Equal Opportunity
- CHAPTER 4 The Interplay of Legalism and Politics
- PART TWO Race and Schooling: The Experience of Five Communities, 1955—1980
- CHAPTER 5 Contiguous Communities, Disparate Histories
- CHAPTER 6 San Francisco: Multitudes in the Valley of Indecision
- CHAPTER 7 Richmond: Busing, Backlash, and Beyond
- CHAPTER 8 Berkeley: “Schools Worthy of Imitation”?
- CHAPTER 9 Sausalito: Sense and Sentimentality
- CHAPTER 10 Oakland: Interest Politics Regnant
- PART THREE The Possibility of Policy
- CHAPTER 11 Stays Against Confusion: Understanding the Historical Experience
- CHAPTER 12 Self-Interest and Public Good: Reshaping Race and Schooling Policy
- Appendix
- Notes
- Index