Kristi L. Bowman is Professor of Law at Michigan State University's College of Law and a faculty associate at the MSU College of Education's Education Policy Center.
The Pursuit of Racial and Ethnic Equality in American Public
Schools focuses on the landmark Brown decision, the federal Civil
Rights Act, and the subsequent decades of struggle for equality of
opportunity. Several significant themes emerge from this
extraordinary, cross-disciplinary book: the contributors largely
lament the rejection of metropolitan desegregation remedies,
insightfully analyze the lowering of the bar to achieve unitary
status, and impress upon us the significance of most voluntary
desegregation plans being invalidated. The authors engage many
challenging legal and policy issues, and a particular strength of
the book is its emphasis on the contemporary conundrum of meeting
the needs of students in majority-minority urban centers.
-Mark G. Yudof, President Emeritus and Professor of Law, University
of California
As the nation reflects on the state of its schools 60 years after
the Brown decision and 50 years after the Civil Rights Act, this
timely and important book will serve as a poignant reminder of the
limits of the law in securing civil rights in education and why the
pursuit of equity, integration, and social justice in education are
goals that we must not forsake. Despite public education's many
flaws, it continues to be America's most democratic and accessible
institution. This book illuminates why race and racial inequality
continue to determine the kind of education our children receive
and what it might take to transform schools so that they truly
embody and advance our democratic ideals.
-Pedro A. Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, New York
University, and Executive Director, Metropolitan Center for
Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools
In this important new collection, 26 authors reflect on the racial
and ethnic discrimination that infects our public schools, some
sharing their own powerful stories. Their moving first-person
narratives are interwoven with commentary by some of the nation's
most prominent scholars. Many books have been written about school
inequality, and this volume is among the best. It is a must-read
for anyone who genuinely cares about the racial and ethnic
disparities that continue to plague our public schools.
-Morris Dees, Founder and Chief Trial Attorney, Southern Poverty
Law Center
This book reminds us that to address the racial and ethnic
inequality that exists in schools today, we must understand the
social and legal foundation on which we stand. The book's
exceptional contributors trace that significant and complex
history, which includes not only African American but also Latino
plaintiff s, and which involves courts as well as the U.S.
Departments of Education and Justice. They then look to the future,
carefully evaluating creative litigation and policymaking
possibilities. Lawyers, educators, and policymakers all have much
to learn from this remarkable book.
-Charlie Rose, former General Counsel, U.S. Department of Education
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