The science and law of school segregation and diversity /
An empirical look at the U.S legal system's effectiveness in addressing school segregation reveals that segregation persists and even surpasses levels experienced before the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, lawmaking continues as though segregation is a thing of the past. The negative effects of rac...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
2018
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| Series: | American Psychology-Law Society series
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| Summary: | An empirical look at the U.S legal system's effectiveness in addressing school segregation reveals that segregation persists and even surpasses levels experienced before the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, lawmaking continues as though segregation is a thing of the past. The negative effects of racial and ethnic disparities in schooling are well documented, but legal analysts increasingly interpret the law as a system that operates independently of research findings clearly pointing to disparities. For their part, researchers continue to document experiences of segregation without considering the legal system's basic concerns |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 155 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-146) and index |
| ISBN: | 9780190633639 0190633638 |