Integrations: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal in Public Education

Lawrence Blum,Zoe Burkholder

Integrations: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal in Public Education
Format
Paperback
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Country
United States
Published
12 May 2021
Pages
280
ISBN
9780226786032

Integrations: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal in Public Education

Lawrence Blum,Zoe Burkholder

The promise of a free, high-quality public education is supposed to guarantee every child a shot at the American dream. But our widely segregated schools mean that many children of color do not have access to educational opportunities equal to those of their white peers. In Integrations, historian Zoe Burkholder and philosopher Lawrence Blum investigate what this country’s long history of school segregation means for achieving just and equitable educational opportunities in the United States.

Integrations focuses on multiple marginalized groups in American schooling: African Americans, Native Americans, Latinxs, and Asian Americans. The authors show that in order to grapple with integration in a meaningful way, we must think of integration in the plural, both in its multiple histories and in the many possible definitions of and courses of action for integration. Ultimately, the authors show, integration cannot guarantee educational equality and justice, but it is an essential component of civic education that prepares students for life in our multiracial democracy.

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