After Brown
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: May 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780195171525
Description: What is the legacy of Brown vs. Board of Education? Well known for establishing racial equality as a central commitment of American schools, the case also inspired social movements pursuing equality in education for students across all lines of difference, including language, gender, disability, immigration status, socio-economic status, religion, and sexual orientation. Yet, more than a half-century following Brown, schools, parents and policy makers still debate whether the ruling requires all-inclusive classrooms, and today American schools appear to be more segregated than ever. School cho.