Equality and Education : Federal Civil Rights Enforcement in the New York City School System

Using an innovative blending of ideological, implementation, and comparative institutional analysis, this book takes the New York City case as a springboard for assessing the role of an executive agency in making and implementing egalitarian policies. Originally published in 1985. The **Princeton Legacy Library** uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION. A Case Study Through Three Lenses PART ONE. The Ideological, Legal, and Legislative Background CHAPTER ONE. American Egalitarian Ideology CHAPTER TWO. Equality and the Courts CHAPTER THREE. Equality and the Congress: The Legislative History of Title VI and ESAA PART TWO. Equality and the Administrative Agency: OCR's New York City Review, 1972-1982 CHAPTER FOUR. The Historical Background CHAPTER FIVE. Faculty Hiring and Assignment CHAPTER SIX. Student Services PART THREE. Analytical Perspectives CHAPTER SEVEN. The Egalitarian Ideological Perspective CHAPTER EIGHT. The lmplementation Perspective CHAPTER NINE. The Comparative Institutional Perspective CHAPTER TEN. Conclusions APPENDIX A. List of Major Interviews APPENDIX B. Survey Questionnaire NOTES INDEX Using an innovative blending of ideological, implementation, and comparative institutional analysis, this book takes the New York City case as a springboard for assessing the role of an executive agency in making and implementing egalitarian policies. Originally published in 1985. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905