Research-Based Strategies to Advance Equity
Edited by:
Erica Frankenberg, Pennsylvania State University
Liliana M. Garces, Pennsylvania State University
Megan Hopkins, University of Illinois at Chicago
"This is the book that reignites the civil rights movement for the 21st century, written
and edited by a powerful new generation of civil rights scholars."—Patricia Gándara,
co-director, The Civil Rights Project, UCLA
April 2016, 256 pages
ISBN: 0807757551
Paperback: $37.95
PART I: Roots Of Persisting Inequality: Advancing Equity Through
Integration from Pre-K to Higher Education by Megan Hopkins,
Liliana M. Garces, and Erica Frankenberg, Still a Dilemma: Structural
Explanations for the Disconnect Between Ideals and Practice in
Education by Daniel Kiel, Color Blindness and the Permanence of
Whiteness by Hoang Tran
PART II: Why Integration Matters: Racial/Ethnic Diversity and
Language Development in the Preschool Classroom by Jeanne L.
Reid, The Effects of School Composition on K–12 Reading and Math
Achievement by Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Martha Cecilia Bottia,
Savannah Larimore, and Richard Lambert, Residential Segregation
and Brain Development: Implications for Equitable Educational
Opportunities by Michael Hilton
PART III: Pre-K–12 Integration— Obstacles And Possibilities: Why
the Federal School Improvement Grant Program Triggers Civil
Rights Complaints by Tina Trujillo, Structuring Integration and
Marginalization: Schools as Contexts of Reception in New
Immigrant Destinations by Megan Hopkins and Rebecca
Lowenhaupt; Segregation in Segregated Schools by Rachel Garver,
Advancing Integration Through Bilingualism for All by P. Zitlali
Morales and Aria Razfar, Predicting School Diversity Impacts of
State and Local Education Policy: The Role of Title VI by Philip
Tegeler
PART IV: Integration in Higher Education— Obstacles and
Possibilities: Stories of What Could Be: Experiences of
Undocumented Chicana/Latina Students and Graduates with the
California Dream Act and DACA by Lindsay Pérez Huber, Brenda
Pulido Villanueva, and Mariela Gutierrez, Bans on Affirmative
Action in States with a History of State-Sponsored Discrimination by
Matthew Patrick Shaw; Navigating Legal Barriers While Promoting
Racial Diversity in Higher Education by Liliana M. Garces and
Courtney D. Cogburn, Breaking Down Classroom Walls and Building
Up Racial Equity by Cynthia Gordon da Cruz, Which Way Forward?:
A Comprehensive Approach for Advancing Equity Through
Integration by Erica Frankenberg, Liliana M. Garces, and Megan
Hopkins.
"The United States has the sad distinction of being the most unequal of the world’s
prosperous nations. The scholars in this volume show that ignoring the inherent
inequality of segregated education perpetuates stratification and educational failure.
But they have gone much further, outlining and presenting evidence for a positive
strategy of integrated education from preschool through college. This is visionary
scholarship at its best, and it moves far beyond the policy vacuum and the black–white
paradigm to suggest workable solutions for a multiracial future. Educators and
policymakers need this book."—Gary Orfield, Co-Director, Civil Rights Project, UCLA
More than 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision
declared segregated schooling inherently unequal, this timely book
sheds light on how and why U.S. schools are experiencing increasing
segregation along racial, socioeconomic, and linguistic lines. It offers
policy and programmatic alternatives for advancing equity and
describes the implications for students and more broadly for the
nation. The authors look at the structural and legal roots of inequity
in the United States educational system and examine opportunities
to support integration efforts across the educational pipeline (pre-k
to higher education).
School Integration Matters examines:
 The need to increase school integration to advance equity.
 The roots of persisting inequity in U.S. schools.
 Current practices that adversely affect historically marginalized
groups.
 K–12 integration and bilingual education policy.
 The challenges and opportunities to advancing integration
within higher education.
 Future directions and policy recommendations for pursuing
integration for equity.
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