Children of the Dream: Why School Integration Works

By Rucker C. Johnson and Alexander Nazaryan

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541672704
• ISBN13: 9781541672703
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.4"