Back to the future with the end of Brown

Abstract

In spite of the intent and promise of Brown v. Board of Education, most poor and minority children continue to receive an unequal education from the nation's public schools. Furthermore, the political pressure to reform schools has helped to erode Brown by turning judicial attention away from desegregation issues giving new and greater support to the idea of community schools. This chapter discusses changes in school desegregation policy that brought about by recent rulings made by the U.S. Supreme Court that are fostering a return to neighborhood schools.

Citation

Brown, F. (2002), "Back to the future with the end of Brown", Hunter, R.C. and Brown, F. (Ed.) Challenges of Urban Education and Efficacy of School Reform (Advances in Educational Administration, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 65-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3660(03)80008-2