TY - BOOK AU - Petrovich,Janice AU - Wells,Amy Stuart TI - Bringing equity back: research for a new era in American educational policy SN - 0807745766 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - LC 213.2 .B75 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Teachers College Press KW - Educational equalization KW - United States KW - Minorities KW - Education KW - Political aspects KW - Government policy KW - Onderwijs KW - gtt KW - Sociale ongelijkheid KW - Gelijke kansen KW - Overheidsbeleid KW - D�emocratisation de l'enseignement KW - �Etats-Unis KW - Minorit�es KW - �Education KW - Aspect politique KW - Politique gouvernementale N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; I: Setting the context --; The shifting terrain of education policy: why we must bring equity back; Janice Petrovich --; The politics of equity in urban school reform; Marilyn Gittell --; II: How equity-minded policies have fared in the era of "excellence" --; How tracking undermines race equity in desegregated schools; Roslyn Arlin Mickelson --; Mandates still matter: examining a key policy tool for promoting successful equity-minded reform; Kevin G. Welner; Jeannie Oakes --; Shaping the future: testing and diversity in college admissions; Marguerite Clarke; George Madaus; Arnold R. Shore --; Addressing institutional inequities in education: the case of advanced placement courses in California; Maya Federman; Harry P. Pach�on --; III: Education reform since the 1980s: excellence trumps equity --; Reforming whole schools: challenges and complexities; Mark Berends; Susan Bodilly; Sheila Nataraj Kirby --; School choice in the foreground, gender equity in the background; Amanda Datnow; Lea Hubbard -- Charter school reform and the shifting meaning of educational equity: greater voice and greater inequality?; Amy Stuart Wells; Janelle T. Scott; Alejandra Lopez; Jennifer Jellison Holme --; Race, assets, and choosing schools: current school choices and the future of vouchers; Thomas M. Shapiro; Heather Beth Johnson --; Do school vouchers lead to greater social equity?; Martin Carnoy; Patrick J. McEwan -- Adequacy litigations: a new path to equity?; Michael A. Rebell ER -