Description: From the Courtroom to the Classroom examines recent developments pertaining to school desegregation in the United States.
Brief description: Claire E. Smrekar is an associate professor of public policy and education at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University and an investigator with the National Center on School Choice. Her work involves qualitative research studies related to the social context of education and public policy, with specific reference to the impact of desegregation plans and choice policy on families, schools, and neighborhoods.
Review Quotes: This book offers important assessments of recent school desegregation strategies and asks whether they have fulfilled the constitutional requirement to establish justice and promote the general welfare. It is an important contribution to our assessment of the ongoing legacy of" Brown v. Board of Education," which many scholars feel was the most significant U.S. Supreme Court case of the twentieth century. Charles V. Willie, Charles W. Eliot Professor of Education, Emeritus, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University"