Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow provides a compelling analysis of the forces and choices that have shaped the trend toward the resegregation of public schools. By assembling a wide range of contributors—historians, sociologists, economists, and education scholars—the editors provide a comprehensive view of a community's experience with desegregation and economic development. Here we see resegregation through the lens of Charlotte, North Carolina, once a national model of successful desegregation, and home of the landmark Swann desegregation case, which gave rise to school busing. This book recounts the last forty years of Charlotte's desegregation and resegregation, putting education reform in political and economic context. Within a decade of the Swann case, the district had developed one of the nation's most successful desegregation plans, measured by racial balance and improved academic outcomes for both black and white students. However, beginning in the 1990s, this plan was gradually dismantled. Today, the level of resegregation in Charlotte has almost returned to what it was prior to 1971. At the core of Charlotte's story is the relationship between social structure and human agency, with an emphasis on how yesterday's decisions and actions define today's choices.

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Information

Publisher

Harvard Education Press

Year

2017

ISBN

9781612507583

Topic

Education

Subtopic

History of Education

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Map of Mecklenburg County
Preface
1. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow: Structure and Agency in the Resegregation of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
2. The Price of Success: The Political Economy of Education, Desegregation, and Development in Charlotte
3. A Spirit of Togetherness: Desegregation and Community at West Charlotte High School
4. “Academic Genocide” on the West Side: West Charlotte High School in the Post-Swann Era
5. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Context: Racial and Economic Imbalance at the District and State Level, 1994–2012
6. A Study in Contrasts: Race, Politics, and School Assignment Policies in Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Wake County, North Carolina
7. Residential Choice as School Choice: The Impact of Unitary Status in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
8. From Black and White to Technicolor: Demographic Change in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
9. A Long Path to Success: Integration and Community Engagement at Shamrock Gardens Elementary School
10. The Law’s Delay: Pursuing School Diversity and Equity in Leandro’s Shadow
11. Obligation and Opportunity: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Face the Future
Appendix A. Terminology
Appendix B. List of Supplementary Materials
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Index