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ERIC Number: EJ679978
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-0038-0407
Educational Access and the State: Historical Continuities and Discontinuities in Racial Inequality in American Education.
Walters, Pamela Barnhouse
Sociology of Education, p35-49 2001
Discusses racial inequality in educational funding and other educational opportunities throughout the United States. Argues that reliance on local taxes as a primary source of school funding and the sanctity of local school-district boundaries are the main institutional obstacles to the elimination of racial inequality. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Blacks, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Public Education, Racial Bias, Racial Discrimination, School Districts, School Taxes, Social Stratification
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Brown v Board of Education; Coleman Report; Common Schools; United States (North); United States (South)
Note: Sociology of Education is a refereed journal. Theme Issue: Currents of Thought: Sociology of Education at the Dawn of the 21st Century. Extra 2001 Issue.