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001 2009033219
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008 090811s2010 enk b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780195327380 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a0195327381 (hardback : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn401165245
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050 00 $aKF4155$b.R93 2010
082 00 $a344.73/0798$222
100 1 $aRyan, James E.$q(James Edward)
245 10 $aFive miles away, a world apart :$bone city, two schools, and the story of educational opportunity in modern America /$cJames E. Ryan.
246 3 $a5 miles away, a world apart
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2010.
300 $aix, 384 p. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 347-369) and index.
520 $aHow is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones?
505 0 $aIntroduction: Freeman and Tee-Jay -- Past: School desegregation and middle America. Buying time ; Don't cross that line -- Present: Save the cities, spare the suburbs. Desegregating dollars ; Like a Russian novel: school finance litigation in state courts ; Limited choices ; The impact of choice and the role of courts ; Lowering the bar: the standards and testing movement -- Future: Democracy is opportunity. In search of ties that bind ; Freeman and Tee-Jay revisited.
650 0 $aSegregation in education$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducation$zUnited States$xRegional disparities.
650 0 $aDiscrimination in education$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aSchool integration$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States.