Rsf: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: The Coleman Report and Educational Inequality Fifty Years Later

by Karl Alexander

The 1966 Equality of Educational Opportunity Report (EEO)--also known as the Coleman Report--is one of the most important education studies of the twentieth century. Commissioned by Congress as part of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the report revealed pervasive school segregation by race, among other inequalities, and began a national dialogue on educational opportunity for minority children. On the fiftieth anniversary of the EEO report, leading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871540363
• ISBN13: 9780871540362
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"