Fall 2004: Vol. 4, No. 4

A Stranger in Two Worlds

Moving from segregated to integrated schools proved to be a mixed blessing

The Struggle Continues

Brown v. Board of Education ended legally sanctioned segregation, but the decision’s promise awaits fulfillment

Selling Supplemental Services

Can school districts serve as both regulators and providers?

Netting an Elusive Breed

How to attract and retain better teachers

School Inflation

Did the 20th-century growth in school size improve education?

Falling Behind

New evidence on the black-white achievement gap

The Detracking Movement

Why children are still grouped by ability

The Brown Irony

Racial progress eventually came to pass—everywhere but in public schools

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