Law and School Reform: Six Strategies for Promoting Educational Equity

by Jay P. Heubert

Book Overview

Nearly every effort to reform American public education during the past half-century has involved the law. Partnerships and tensions between lawyers, educators, parents, and scholars have never been more central to the future shape and direction of our schools. This powerful book examines six of the most important and controversial school reform initiatives: school desegregation, school finance reform, special education, education of immigrant children,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300082967
• ISBN13: 9780300082968
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"