1st Edition

The Resegregation of Schools Education and Race in the Twenty-First Century

Edited By Jamel K. Donnor, Adrienne Dixson Copyright 2013
244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

244 Pages
by Routledge

Access to a quality education remains the primary mechanism for improving one’s life chances in the United States, and for children of color, a “good education” is particularly linked to their individual and collective well-being. Despite the popular perception that America is in a “post-racial” epoch, opportunities to access quality learning environments and human development resources remain... Read more
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Biography

Jamel K. Donnor is an assistant professor in the School of Education at The College of William and Mary. His research interests include examining race in education and American society. Among his recent publications include: Moving Beyond Brown: Race and Education After Parents v. Seattle School District No. 1 in Teachers College Record, and Whose Compelling Interest? The Ending of Desegregation and the Affirming of Racial Inequality in Education in Education and Urban Society.

Adrienne D. Dixson, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the College of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her scholarship examines school choice, school reform and educational equity in urban schooling contexts.