Battle Nearer to Home
Despite its image as an epicenter of progressive social policy, New York City continues to have one of the nation''s most segregated school systems. Tracing the quest for integration in education from the mid-1950s to the present, The Battle Nearer to Home follows the tireless efforts by educational activists to dismantle the deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities that segregation reinforces. ...
Despite its image as an epicenter of progressive social policy, New York City continues to have one of the nation''s most segregated school systems. Tracing the quest for integration in education from the mid-1950s to the present, The Battle Nearer to Home follows the tireless efforts by educational activists to dismantle the deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities that segregation reinforces. ...
