Beyond Desegregation : The Politics of Quality in African American Schooling

This book presents a discussion among scholars about the need for, implications of and critical issues involved in looking beyond school desegregation to focus on the quality of African American schooling.

The strategy of school desegregation is examined in the context of the power used by whites to control policy-making and implementation. The use of power by African Americans to resist schooling imposed by whites to maintain oppressive social relations is also discussed.

Rethinking School Desegregation: Historical and Philosophical Contexts, Introduction; Mwalimu J. Shujaa 1. Reclaiming Historic Visions of Quality Schooling: The Legacy of Early 20th Century Black Intellectuals William H. Watkins 2. The Brown Decision Revisited: Mathematizing a Social Problem William F. Tate, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Carl A. Grant Part II: Politics of Implementation and School Desegregation, Introduction; Mwalimu J. Shujaa 3. Only One Oar in the Water: The Political Failure of School Desegregation in Yonkers, New York Judith L. Failer, Anna Harvey, Jennifer Hochschild 4. Implementation of Court-Ordered Desegregation by District-Level School Administrators Jennifer J. Beaumont 5. Promoting Positive Peer Relations in Desegregated Schools Janet W. Schofield Part III: School Desegregation′s Impact on African American Community Life and Life in Schools, Introduction; Mwalimu J. Shujaa 6. Cultural Ignorance and School Desegregation: A Community Narrative Van Dempsey and George Noblit 7. Before and After School Desegregation: African American Parents′ Involvement in Schools Patricia A. Edwards 8. High-Quality Schooling for African American Students Ronald D. Henderson, Nancy M. Greenberg, Jeffrey M. Schneider, Oscar Uribe, Jr., Richard R. Verdugo 9. African American Student Leadership: Implications for Quality in College Achievement in the 21st Century Carolyn J. Thompson Part IV: Quality Schooling for African Americans: Visions Beyond Desegregation, Introduction; Mwalimu J. Shujaa 10. Can Institutions Care? Segregated Schooling of African American Children as a Context for Reform Emilie V. Siddle Walker 11. Do We Need to Desegregate All of our Black Schools? Christine J. Faltz, Donald O. Leake 12. School Desegregation, the Politics of Culture, and the Council of Independent Black Institutions Mwalimu J. Shujaa, Hannibal T. Afrik References Index Subject: WEBXDI: Diversity