Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-247) and index.
Contents
School desegregation: a policy in crisis -- How did we get here? -- The demographic transformation of America -- It takes a "certain kind of" village to raise a child -- The political economy of education and equality of educational opportunity -- Rational self-interest verses irrational government policy -- School desegregation and the racial achievement gap -- A new perspective on race and schooling: attaining the dream.