Richard Kahlenberg's might actually be the smart alternative to racial integration he asserts it is if it weren't for one troublesome thing -- racism. While not repeating Gary Orfield's fine critique of the piece, let me say that Kahlenberg appears to be unaware that racism is more than low income or limited access, that class cannot be a substitute for race. Additionally, the … [Read more...] about A Response
Richard Kahlenberg
A Response
Richard Kahlenberg suggests that the economic integration of our public schools – or, more specifically, their transformation into “majority middle-class” schools – is both the necessary and achievable response to our society’s inability, and unwillingness, to achieve racial the desegregation of its schools and its housing patterns. Social science research demonstrates that … [Read more...] about A Response
“Symposium: Socioeconomic School Integration” (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)
(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Part One School segregation by race is extreme and increasing, despite the 1954 Brown decision. And, for many known reasons, these racial patterns clearly disadvantage blacks, Latinos, and other racial minorities. Today's courts are hostile to racially-based remedies and there is considerable resistance among the majority white … [Read more...] about “Symposium: Socioeconomic School Integration” (September-October 2001 P&R Issue)