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Languages : en
Pages : 582
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The Saint Louis Magnet
Author: Stepping over the Color Line
Author: Amy Stuart WellsPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300174304
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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This important book takes the discussion of racial inequality in America beyond simplistic arguments of white racism and black victimization to a more complex conversation about the separate but unequal situation in many schools today. Amy Stuart Wells and Robert Crain investigate the St. Louis, Missouri, school desegregation plan, a unique agreement that since 1983 has given black inner-city students the right to choose to attend predominantly white suburban schools. After five years of research and hundreds of interviews with policymakers, administrators, teachers, students, and parents, Wells and Crain conclude that when school desegregation is examined from these many perspectives, more strengths than weaknesses emerge. They call for a reexamination of now-popular school choice policies across the country so that these policies may help to bring about more racial and social-class integration. Stepping over the Color Line intertwines data on student achievement and racial isolation with stories of the people who participated in the St. Louis program. The authors set these individuals within a broad historical and social context and demonstrate how important linkages between the past and present help explain why efforts to overcome racial inequality—in St. Louis and in the larger society—are so difficult. "The authors do a superb job of explaining how this innovative program came about, placing it in a broad context that takes it beyond its immediate and local implications. The book is at times heartbreaking and at times uplifting."—Richard Zweigenhaft, co-author of Blacks in the White Establishment? A Study of Race and Class in America
Astronomical, Magnetic and Meteorological Observations Made at the United States Naval Observatory
Author: United States Naval ObservatoryPublisher:
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Category : Astronomy
Languages : en
Pages : 872
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MAGNETIC DECLINATION TABLES AND ISOGONIC CHARTS
Author: L.A. BAUERAstronomical, Magnetic and Meteorological Observations Made During the Year ... at the United States Naval Observatory
Author: Systems of Electrical and Magnetic Units
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Physical SciencesPublisher:
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Category : Electric units
Languages : en
Pages : 604
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