Law and School Reform
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Six Strategies for Promoting Educational Equity
Jay P. Heubert
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Assuming no special background, this engaging and accessible book has been written for educators, lawyers, policymakers, parents, and all readers concerned with education in America.
Contributors to this volume:
Jay P. Heubert; Gary Orfield; Molly McUsic; Carola and Marcelo Suarez-Orozco; Peter Roos; Thomas Hehir; Sue Gamm; Martin Gerry; Paul Weckstein.
“It is rare to find a single volume that addresses the complicated legal debates over educational reform in areas such as desegregation, immigrant education, school finance and special education in a manner that is accessible as well as stimulating to students of educational policy at the undergraduate level. The substantive, critical, multidisciplinary, examination of several current policy issues spurred lively, thoughtful discussion in my educational policy seminar.”—Eva Travers, Professor and Chair, Program in Education, Swarthmore College
"I found Law and School Reform helpful in trying to come to grips with the recent history of American public schools. It was as if a light came on for me when I read this book—it’s the first attempt that I know of to assess the huge changes that took place in education from the 50s to the present through the prism of the shifting relationship between the courts, the federal government and the schools. It’s an extremely useful perspective, and it provides a context to better understand the burning issues facing schools today. It also made me appreciative of how much lawyers accomplished in education reform, and why they needed to do it, since so much of the discrimination that hampered minority and women students was a matter of law and official policy. So 'Bravo’ . . . for a real eye-opener!"—Sarah Mondale, director of historical documentary films for PBS and director of the forthcoming "School: The History of American Public Education"
“Heubert should be applauded for his genuine passion for equity, wise selection of interdisciplinary contributors, and his concerted effort to examine systemic consequences of legal decision making.”—Choice
"This is a superb resource for promoting equity in education. Written by the leading authorities in the field, this important volume provides a half dozen powerful strategies for school reform."—Arthur Levine, President, Teachers College, Columbia University
Publication Date: April 10, 2000
