Special Report: Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education: A Two-Tiered Education System (2004)
Fifty Years After Brown v. Board of Education: A Two-Tiered Education System
- Download full report.
- Read the press release.
- Download the CA, NY, WI state surveys conducted by the Peter Harris Research Group:
- For additional information on California, read a follow-up survey and report (2004) prepared for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation by Louis Harris with the Peter Harris Research Group.
Additional Resources:
The 21st Century School Fund was founded in 1994 on the premise that communities are responsible for creating healthy, safe, and educationally appropriate learning environments.
The Alliance for Quality Education (AQE) is a statewide coalition in New York of over 230 organizations representing parents, children's advocates, schools, teachers, clergy, labor unions, business leaders and others. AQE provides maps of total current expenditures per pupil by school district.
The Public Education Network sponsors a website called: GiveKidsGoodSchools.com, which allows every day citizens to take action and speak out against an education system where many children are still plagued by a system of separate and unequal school systems.
Read Essential Learning Conditions for California Youth: Educational Facilities from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, & Access.
Read about California's reform efforts in K-12 schools, from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
New Schools/Better Neighborhoods (NSBN)is a civic advocacy organization formed to promote a 21st Century vision for California's urban school districts. The organization's report What If?, presents a challenge to California leaders to build smarter schools that serve as centers of their communities.
Read School Facility Conditions and Student Academic Achievement, from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, & Access.
Read What Educational Resources Do Students Need to Meet California's Educational Content Standards?, from UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, & Access.
The Wisconsin Atlas of School Finance report provides geographic, demographic,and fiscal factors affecting school districts across the state. The report is available from the Institute for Wisconsin's Future.
The Southeast Center for Teaching Quality is researching how states define "highly qualified" and the capacity of high need schools to respond to the new mandates. The Center believes there is a strong need to understand, from the view of educators and community leaders, what it means to ensure highly qualified teachers for each student and what kinds of resources will be required to do so. The initial findings are documented in three policy briefs.
The Center for American Progress has columns and resources to address policy initiatives, strategies, and new ideas for fulfilling Brown's promise.
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