Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-350) and index
Looking back : the effects of court-ordered desegregation / Jomills Henry Braddock II -- Trends in school racial composition in the era of unitary status / Brian P. An and Adam Gamoran -- The post-PICS picture : examining school districts' policy options for mitigating racial segregation / Kevin G. Welner and Eleanor R. Spindler -- Equal educational opportunity, school reform, and the courts : a study of the desegregation litigation in San Jose / William S. Koski and Jeannie Oakes -- Sheff v. O'Neill : weak desegregation remedies and strong disincentives in Connecticut, 1996-2008 / Jack Dougherty, Jesse Wanzer, and Christina Ramsay -- Resegregation, achievement, and the chimera of choice in post-unitary Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Stephen Samuel Smith, and Stephanie Southworth -- Neighborhood schools in the aftermath of court-ended busing : educators' perpectives on how context and composition matter / Claire E. Smrekar and Ellen B. Goldring -- Administrative decisions and racial segregation in North Carolina public schools / Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, and Jacob L. Vigdor -- The end of Keyes : resegregation trends and achievement in Denver public schools / Catherine L. Horn and Michal Kurlaender -- Integrated schools, integrated futures? : a case study of school desegregation in Jefferson County, Kentucky / Kristie J.R. Phillips ... [et al.] -- Conclusion: Racial realities across different places : dual directions in recommitting to the promises of Brown / Jerome E. Morris