Originally published in hardcover: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2005
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-247) and index
School desegregation : a policy in crisis -- How did we get here? -- The demographic transformation of America -- It takes a "certain kind of" village to raise a child -- The political economy of education and equality of educational opportunity -- Rational self-interest versus irrational government policy -- School desegregation and the racial achievement gap -- A new perspective on race and schooling : attaining the dream
