by Erica Frankenberg (Editor), Elizabeth Debray (Editor)
In this comprehensive volume, a roster of leading scholars in educational policy and related fields offer eighteen essays seeking to illuminate new ways for American public education to counter persistent racial and socioeconomic inequality in our society. Contributors to Integrating Schools in a Changing Society draw on extensive research to reinforce the key benefits of racially integrated schools, examine remaining options to pursue multiracial integration, and discuss case examples that suggest how to build support for those efforts.
Front Jacket
In this comprehensive volume, a roster of leading scholars in educational policy and related fields offer eighteen essays seeking to illuminate new ways for American public education to counter persistent racial and socioeconomic inequality in our society. Drawing on extensive research, the contributors reinforce the key benefits of racially integrated schools, examine remaining options to pursue multiracial integration, and discuss case examples that suggest how to build support for those efforts.
Author Biography
Erica Frankenberg is assistant professor in the Department of Education Policy Studies at Pennsylvania State University.
Elizabeth DeBray is associate professor in the Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy at the University of Georgia.