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The elusive ideal : equal educational opportunity and the federal role in Boston's public schools, 1950-1985
- Title
- The elusive ideal : equal educational opportunity and the federal role in Boston's public schools, 1950-1985 / Adam R. Nelson.
- Author
- Nelson, Adam R.
- Publication
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Supplementary Content
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 332 p.; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Historical studies of urban America
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-323) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction, the evolution of school reform in Boston -- Pursuing federal funds, 1950-1963 -- Defining disadvantage as disability, 1963-1966 -- Aggravating racial imbalance, 1966-1968 -- Seeking program effectiveness, 1968-1971 -- Making "appropriate" placements, 1971-1974 -- Reconfiguring school finance, 1974-1977 -- Evading local accountability, 1977-1980 -- Compelling better results, 1980-1985 -- Conclusion, the complex history of American school reform.
- ISBN
- 0226571890 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0226571904 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2004021956
- OCLC
- OCM56591301
- SCSB-8911024
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library