Choice, vouchers and privatization as education reform or the fulfillment of Richard Nixon's southern strategy?

Abstract

Formal public education of African Americans became a reality after the Civil War in the 1870s. Although some integrated schools did exist, many schools were racially segregated and remained that way until after the Brown decision in 1954. The white backlash to equal, integrated schooling for African Americans yielded a brief period of modest equality in the 1970s followed by greater inequality during the past two decades. This article addresses some of the schemes used to educate African Americans focusing on the future of education in neighborhood schools.

Citation

Brown, F. (2002), "Choice, vouchers and privatization as education reform or the fulfillment of Richard Nixon's southern strategy?", Hunter, R.C. and Brown, F. (Ed.) Challenges of Urban Education and Efficacy of School Reform (Advances in Educational Administration, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 255-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-3660(03)80019-7