Getting around Brown : desegregation, development, and the Columbus public schools

Jacobs, Gregory S. 1969- (Author).

Summary: Drawing on a broad range of sources, including over sixty interviews, Gregory S. Jacobs argues that school desegregation in Columbus failed to produce equal educational opportunity, not because it was inherently detrimental to learning, but because it was intrinsically incompatible with urban development. The city's uneven response to Penick v. Columbus Board of Education [1979], the case that brought desegregation to the Columbus public schools, ultimately sacrificed the long-term health of the city school district to preserve the growth of the city itself.

Item details

ISBN: 0814207200
ISBN: 9780814207208
ISBN: 0814207219
ISBN: 9780814207215
Physical Description: print
xvi, 291 pages ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University Press, ©1998.

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. "A Problem for Our Community": Segregation, Litigation, and the Path to Penick -- 2. "What We Must Do, We Must Do Well": Implementation, Desegregation, and the Divided Role of MCSC -- 3. Like Squeezing the Center of a Balloon: Busing, Housing, and the Consequences of the Common Areas -- 4. Epilogue: Demoralization and Decline.