Featured Research Collection
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Study by UCLA’s Civil Rights Project: NCLB Ignores What We Know about School Change and Is Motivated by Politics
- In "Why High Stakes Accountability Sounds Good but Doesn’t Work — And Why We Keep on Doing It Anyway," Researchers Gail Sunderman and Heinrich Mintrop address the failure of NCLB to meaningfully address the problems facing the nations schools.
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School Resegregation and Civil Rights Challenges for the Obama Administration: Report from the Civil Rights Project at UCLA
- "Reviving the Goal of an Integrated Society: A 21st Century Challenge" calls on the Obama administration and Congress to review the evidence, to support integrated schools, and to avoid the resegregation of suburban schools.
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Book Provides New Studies on Race Relations in the U.S.
- Twenty-First Century Color Lines: Multiracial Change in Contemporary America collects work form the "Color Lines Conference" and offers insight inot the complex racial setting of contemporary America.
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Book Looks at the Social and Educational Landscape for Latinos in the US
- The Latino Education Crisis: The Consequences of Failed Social Policies, by CRP Co-Director Professor Patricia Gándara and Frances Contreras, takes a comprehensive look at the social and educational landscape for Latinos in the US.
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New Book Provides Examination And Evaluation Of The No Child Left Behind Act
- Holding NCLB Accountable: Achieving Accountability, Equity, and School Reform, edited by Gail L. Sunderman, explores flaws in the performance-based system and discuss options for improving the law.