Discrimination in Elite Public Schools
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Buffalo new york public school system
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City Honors School
civil rights
competitive admissions choice systems
criteria-based schools
desegregation
discrimination
educational and racial inequity
elite public schools
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School segregation
sociology of education
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Product details
- ISBN 9780807759356
- Weight: 245g
- Dimensions: 152 x 226mm
- Publication Date: 06 Apr 2018
- Publisher: Teachers' College Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the Buffalo Public Schools and their admissions process following a civil rights complaint filed by parents and community leaders. The authors offer research-based recommendations for reducing barriers to enrollment and for creating competitive admissions choice systems that will allow all students access to important educational opportunities.
Gary Orfield is distinguished research professor of education, law, political science and urban planning and co-director of The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at the University of California, Los Angeles. He was co-founder of the Harvard Civil Rights Project. Jennifer B. Ayscue, PhD, is an American Educational Research Association Congressional Fellow and was research director of the Initiative for School Integration at The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA.
