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Divided We Fall: The Story Of Separate And Unequal Suburban Schools 60 Years After Brown V. Board Of Education, Allison Roda Ph.D., Douglas Ready, Amy Stuart Wells, Lauren Fox, Miya Warner, Tameka Spence, Elizabeth Williams, Allen Wright May 2014

Divided We Fall: The Story Of Separate And Unequal Suburban Schools 60 Years After Brown V. Board Of Education, Allison Roda Ph.D., Douglas Ready, Amy Stuart Wells, Lauren Fox, Miya Warner, Tameka Spence, Elizabeth Williams, Allen Wright

Faculty Works: EDU (1995-2023)

This report is a clarion call for those paying attention to the changing racial and ethnic demographics of this country and its suburbs in particular. It is the in-depth story of one suburban county and its public schools as the demographics of who lives in the suburbs versus the cities in the 21st century is shifting quickly, as the affluent and the poor, the black and the white are trading places across urban-suburban boundary lines. The same story could be told about hundreds of suburban counties across the country that are facing similar pressures and approaching similar breaking points.

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