When good faith is not enough: Ensuring education equity during and after legal intervention

Enyia, Amarachuku C.

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Title

When good faith is not enough: Ensuring education equity during and after legal intervention

Author(s)

Enyia, Amarachuku C.

Issue Date

2011-05-25T15:07:00Z

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Trent, William T.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Trent, William T.

Committee Member(s)

• Anderson, James D.
• Hood, Stafford
• Parker, Laurence J.
• Span, Christopher M.

Department of Study

Educ Policy, Orgzn & Leadrshp

Discipline

Educational Policy Studies

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• education equity
• consent decree
• legal intervention
• racial balancing
• desegregation litigation
• remedy

Abstract

This paper seeks to address ever-increasing challenges facing schools in the midst of desegregation or racial balancing plans and procedures. It discusses the need for school districts across the country under consent decrees to return to the drawing board in finding an alternative plan for desegregation and education equity measures that will keep them in line with constitutional mandates. The most recent Supreme Court rulings in Seattle and Louisville have altered the landscape of remedial grounds for which cases can be brought before the courts. Moreover, they indicate a pronounced shift in legal discourses surrounding programs and initiatives that utilize race as a factor in developing educational policy.

Graduation Semester

2011-05

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Copyright 2011 Amarachuku C. Enyia

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