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Complex Justice
Dunn, Joshua M., Sr.
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Description for Complex Justice
Paperback. Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; 3JJPR; JFFJ; JPRB; LNDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district remained overwhelmingly segregated and student achievement remained far below national averages.
Just eight years later the U.S. Supreme Court began reversing these initiatives, signifying a major retreat from Brown v. Board of Education. In Kansas City, African American families opposed to ... Read more
In 1987 Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Yet even after increasing employee salaries and constructing elaborate facilities at a cost of more than $2 billion, the district remained overwhelmingly segregated and student achievement remained far below national averages.
Just eight years later the U.S. Supreme Court began reversing these initiatives, signifying a major retreat from Brown v. Board of Education. In Kansas City, African American families opposed to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9781469614618
SKU
V9781469614618
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About Dunn, Joshua M., Sr.
Joshua M. Dunn is assistant professor of political science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.
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