The Dynamics of Opportunity in America: Evidence and Perspectives
Intro -- Dedication -- Preface -- Editors' Note -- Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Opportunity in America-Setting the Stage -- Introduction -- Description of the Volume -- Part I: Understanding Where We Are Today -- Part II: The Labor Market -- Part III: Education and Opportunity -- Part IV: Politics and the Road Ahead -- Part V: Seeking Inclusive Prosperity -- Conclusion -- References -- Part I: Understanding Where We Are Today -- Chapter 2: Segregation, Race, and the Social Worlds of Rich and Poor -- Introduction -- Four Decades of Segregation and Poverty -- Poverty and Privilege in Black and White -- Segregation and the Divergence of Social Worlds -- Inequality in Hypersegregated America -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Federalism and Inequality in Education: What Can History Tell Us? -- Introduction -- Development of Free and Public Schools Through the Progressive Era -- The Creation of Free Public School Systems, 1840-1860 -- 1865-1895: Expansion and Professionalization -- The 'Progressive' Era: Redefining Equal Opportunity -- Expanding the Federal Role in Education (World War II to the Space Race) -- The Postwar Years -- Education, the Space Race, and Meritocracy -- Desegregation -- The Role of ESEA in Desegregation -- Federal Action to Desegregate K-12 Education in the South -- Obstacles in the North -- Assessing the Success of Desegregation -- The Challenges of Title I: The Early Years -- New Equity Issues Emerge in the 1970s -- Nixon Seeks to Equalize Expenditures -- Bilingual Education -- Title IX Bars Discrimination Against Women -- Education of Children with Disabilities -- The 1978 Reauthorization of ESEA -- Education Policy and Civil Rights in the Reagan Administration -- The Nation at Risk Report.