The Enduring Legacy of Rodriguez: Creating New Pathways to Equal Educational Opportunity
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| Rating | : | 4.40 (791 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1612508316 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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"This is an accessible, insightful, and compelling account" according to Joshua Weishart, West Virginia University College of Law. This is an accessible, insightful, and compelling account of the disparities in educational opportunity left in the wake of a highly contentious 5-This is an accessible, insightful, and compelling account Joshua Weishart, West Virginia University College of Law This is an accessible, insightful, and compelling account of the disparities in educational opportunity left in the wake of a highly contentious 5-4 Supreme Court decision, still reverberating in the law more than 40 years later. The story retold here about Rodriguez and the issues that the decision left unanswered are as infuriating as they are illuminating. The authors chronicle its influence in having facilitated and impeded decades of lawsuits in state courts. The progress made in reducing educational disparities has been hard fought in state courts but alas not as enduring as Rodriguez.Th. Supreme Court decision, still reverberating in the law more than This is an accessible, insightful, and compelling account Joshua Weishart, West Virginia University College of Law This is an accessible, insightful, and compelling account of the disparities in educational opportunity left in the wake of a highly contentious 5-4 Supreme Court decision, still reverberating in the law more than 40 years later. The story retold here about Rodriguez and the issues that the decision left unanswered are as infuriating as they are illuminating. The authors chronicle its influence in having facilitated and impeded decades of lawsuits in state courts. The progress made in reducing educational disparities has been hard fought in state courts but alas not as enduring as Rodriguez.Th. 0 years later. The story retold here about Rodriguez and the issues that the decision left unanswered are as infuriating as they are illuminating. The authors chronicle its influence in having facilitated and impeded decades of lawsuits in state courts. The progress made in reducing educational disparities has been hard fought in state courts but alas not as enduring as Rodriguez.Th
Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., and Kimberly Jenkins Robinson have brought together a host of experts in their field to examine the road that led up to the Rodriguez decision, assess the successes and failures of the reforms that followed in its wake, and lay out an array of creative strategies for addressing the ongoing inequality of resources and socioeconomic segregation that perpetuate the inequity of opportunity in education. In this ambitious volume, leading legal and educational scholars examine San Antonio Independent School District v. The widely perceived exhaustion of these conventional approaches has led to a renewed interest in the Rodriguez decision and its impact on efforts to improve educational opportunity and outcomes for all students. Rodriguez (1973), the landmark US Supreme Court decision that held that the Constitution does not guarantee equality of educational opportunity. Successive waves of school reform efforts have failed to counteract the pernicious effects of inequality on student learning and achievement. A timely volume, The Enduring Legacy of Rodriguez makes a comprehensive statement that will inform research and reform for the next generation of scholars, educators, lawyers, and policy makers.
Saenz, president and general counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational FundCharles J. James E. Ferguson, faculty cochair and director, The Achievement Gap Initiative, Harvard University “Ogletree and Robinson remind us that equalizing educational opportunity in the United States is going to require fundamental changes in law and policy from many directions, from how we allocate our financial resources to rethinking our housing policies. From the Back CoverIn The Enduring Legacy of Rodriguez, leading legal and educational scholars examine San Antonio Independent School District v. “Ogletree, Robinson, and their expert cowriters offer hope that this decision can be reversed or that other ways can be found to counter its ill effects. Kimberly Jenkins