Science and Law of School Segregation and Diversity
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780190633639
Subjects: Segregation in education, law and legislation; Educational equalization; Discrimination in education, law and legislation; United states, race relations
Description: An empirical look at the U.S legal system's effectiveness in addressing school segregation reveals that segregation persists and even surpasses levels experienced before the Civil Rights Movement. Yet, lawmaking continues as though segregation is a thing of the past. The negative effects of racial and ethnic disparities in schooling are well documented, but legal analysts increasingly interpret the law as a system that operates independently of research findings clearly pointing to disparities. For their part, researchers continue to document experiences of segregation without considering the legal system's basic concerns.