Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/wPiGGn Children of the Dream Why School Integration Works By: Rucker C. Johnson Publisher: Basic Books Print ISBN: 9781541672703, 1541672704 eText ISBN: 9781541672697, 1541672690 Format: EPUB Available from $ 18.99 USD SKU 9781541672697 For Sale in US* Only An acclaimed economist reveals that school integration efforts in the 1970s and 1980s were overwhelmingly successful -- and argues that we must renew our commitment to integration for the sake of all Americans We are frequently told that school integration was a social experiment doomed from the start. But as Rucker C. Johnson demonstrates in Children of the Dream, it was, in fact, a spectacular achievement. Drawing on longitudinal studies going back to the 1960s, he shows that students who attended integrated and well-funded schools were more successful in life than those who did not -- and this held true for children of all races. Yet as a society we have given up on integration. Since the high point of integration in 1988, we have regressed and segregation again prevails. Contending that integrated, well-funded schools are the primary engine of social mobility, Children of the Dream offers a radical new take on social policy. It is essential reading in our divided times.
