ABSTRACT
First Published in 1997. Focusing on a case study from the civil rights movement, the author illuminates the issues and problems that emerge when schools are used to advance social equality. He examines the political controversies surrounding the racial desegregation of public and private schools in Dayton over a 40-year period during which the city initiated several nationally recognized programs to overcome segregation. The book also discusses racial integration in public and religious schools in different parts of the United States during that time. It describes experiences in public schools, Catholic schools, and private schools covering individually guided education, ethnic studies, magnet schools, compensatory education, and the New Futures Program funded by a private foundation. The text is innovative in its survey of the relationships between city administrators, public school officials, and Catholic and private school educators. It also provides important analysis of how curriculum changes have affected desegregation and examines the role of private philanthropies in education.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |76 pages
Federal Courts, School Desegregation, and Religion
chapter |45 pages
The Politics of Racial Desegregation
chapter |28 pages
Private and Religious Schools
part |182 pages
Racial Desegregation in Dayton, Ohio
chapter |34 pages
City and School Administration
chapter |44 pages
Community Control and Racial Integration
chapter |23 pages
School Board Elections and Racial Integration
chapter |25 pages
Dayton Goes to Court
chapter |33 pages
Racial Desegregation and Dayton's Catholic Schools
chapter |18 pages
A Private School Sets a Good Example
part |76 pages
Curriculum, Caring, and Social Reform