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Equality in Education Law and Policy, 1954–2010

Equality in Education Law and Policy, 1954–2010

Author: Benjamin M. Superfine
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781107016927
Published In: April 2013
Format: Hardback , 272 pages
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Educational equality has long been a vital concept in US law and policy. Since Brown v. Board of Education, the concept of educational equality has remained markedly durable and animated major school reform efforts, including desegregation, school finance reform, the education of students with disabilities and English language learners, charter schools, voucher policies, the various iterations of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (including No Child Left Behind) and the 'Stimulus'. Despite such attention, students' educational opportunities have remained persistently unequal as understandings of the goals underlying schooling, fundamental changes in educational governance, and the definition of an equal education have continually shifted. Drawing from law, education policy, history and political science, this book examines how the concept of equality in education law and policy has transformed from Brown through the Stimulus, the major factors influencing this transformation, and the significant problems that school reforms accordingly continue to face.

• Draws on insights from several disciplines, including law, education policy, history and political science

• Takes a bird's eye view of the major education law and policy reform efforts since Brown v. Board of Education

• Offers broad principles and concrete recommendations for crafting better education law and policy reforms

Acknowledgments	ix
Frequently Used Abbreviations	xi
1. Introduction	1
2. Government, Equality, and School Reform	19
3. Brown and the Foundations of Educational Equality	37
4. The Maturation of Educational Equality	68
5. The Turn to Adequacy, Outcomes, and Systemic Change	100
6. Developments in Local Control	139
7. The Continuing Expansion of the Federal Role	165
8. Conclusion	196
Notes	217
Index	259