| Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: School Desegregation and Resegregation in Charlotte Contributor(s): Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin (Editor), Smith, Stephen Samuel (Editor), Nelson, Amy Hawn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1612507565 ISBN-13: 9781612507569 Publisher: Harvard Education PR OUR PRICE: $34.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - Education | Multicultural Education - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 379.263 |
| LCCN: 2014949034 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.9" (0.79 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Locality - Charlotte-Gastonia, N.C. - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow provides a compelling analysis of the forces and choices that have shaped the trend toward the resegregation of public schools. By assembling a wide range of contributors--historians, sociologists, economists, and education scholars--the editors provide a comprehensive view of a community's experience with desegregation and economic development. Here we see resegregation through the lens of Charlotte, North Carolina, once a national model of successful desegregation, and home of the landmark Swann desegregation case, which gave rise to school busing. This book recounts the last forty years of Charlotte's desegregation and resegregation, putting education reform in political and economic context. Within a decade of the Swanncase, the district had developed one of the nation's most successful desegregation plans, measured by racial balance and improved academic outcomes for both black and white students. However, beginning in the 1990s, this plan was gradually dismantled. Today, the level of resegregation in Charlotte has almost returned to what it was prior to 1971. At the core of Charlotte's story is the relationship between social structure and human agency, with an emphasis on how yesterday's decisions and actions define today's choices. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mickelson, Roslyn Arlin: - Roslyn Arlin Mickelson is a professor of sociology and public policy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.Smith, Stephen Samuel: - Stephen Samuel Smith is a professor of political science at Winthrop University.Nelson, Amy Hawn: - Amy Hawn Nelson is the director of research for the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute and the director of the Institute for Social Capital, Inc. |