by Daniel J. Losen (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In 1999, Christopher Edley, Co-Director of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University (CRP), following Jesse Jackson’s bold defense of suspended students in Decatur, Illinois, told his staff that he had scheduled a meeting with Education Secretary Richard Riley and requested CRP to create a briefing … [Read more...] about “Re-Directing the School to Prison Pipeline” by Daniel J. Losen (July-August 2005 P&R Issue)
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“Socioeconomic School Integration” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
By Richard D. Kahlenberg (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Today, most of the education reform world, liberal and conservative, accepts as a given that American children will attend schools that are largely segregated by class and race. There is a strong policy consensus that concentrations of poverty, whether in public housing or in public schools, reduce life … [Read more...] about “Socioeconomic School Integration” by Richard D. Kahlenberg (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
