Title: Getting around Brown : desegregation, development, and the Columbus public schools /
Authors: Jacobs, Gregory S., 1969-
Publisher: Ohio State University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: School integration Ohio Columbus History; Public schools Ohio Columbus History
Abstract: Drawing on a broad range of sources, including over sixty interviews, Gregory S. Jacobs argues that school desegregation in Columbus failed to produce equal educational opportunity, not because it was inherently detrimental to learning, but because it was intrinsically incompatible with urban development. The city's uneven response to Penick v. Columbus Board of Education [1979], the case that brought desegregation to the Columbus public schools, ultimately sacrificed the long-term health of the city school district to preserve the growth of the city itself.