On Equal Terms: The Constitutional Politics of Educational OpportunitySince Brown v. Board of Education and the desegregation battles of the 1960s and 1970s, the legal pursuit of educational opportunity in the United States has been framed largely around race. But for nearly thirty years now, a less-noticed but controversial legal campaign has been afoot to equalize or improve the resources of poorly funded schools. This book examines both the consequences of efforts to use state constitutional provisions to reduce the "resource segregation" of American schools and the politics of the opposition to these decisions. |
Contents
Courts And Educational Opportunity The Movement From Race To Class | 3 |
The Judicial Impact On School Finance Reform | 15 |
Race Class And The Limits Of Justice | 36 |
The Constitutional Ordering Of Educational Opportunity | 51 |
How Does A Constitution Mean? Constitutional Ordering And The Lessons Of Educational Opportunity | 53 |
A Bounded Ambition The Judicial Ordering Of Educational Opportunity | 65 |
The Publics Opinion Understanding Public Commitments Toward Educational Opportunity | 92 |
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On Equal Terms: The Constitutional Politics of Educational Opportunity Douglas S. Reed Limited preview - 2003 |
On Equal Terms: The Constitutional Politics of Educational Opportunity Douglas S. Reed Limited preview - 2021 |
On Equal Terms: The Constitutional Politics of Educational Opportunity Douglas S. Reed No preview available - 2001 |