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The Rhetoric of Choice: Segregation, Desegregation, and Charter Schools

Writing in the fall 2011 issue of Dissent Magazine, TC's Ansley Erickson argues that a common thread links the current rhetoric of "school choice"and opposition to court-ordered busing for desegregation 40 years ago.
By Ansley Erickson, Assistant Professor of History and Education

This piece is part of Dissent Magazine's ongoing series, "Re-Imagining Education Reform."

Writing in the fall 2011 issue of Dissent Magazine, TC's Ansley Erickson argues that a common thread links the current rhetoric of "school choice" and opposition to court-ordered busing for desegregation 40 years ago.

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Published Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011

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