Forced to Fail traces the long legal history of first racial
segregation, and then racial desegregation in America. The authors
explain how rapidly changing demographics and family structure in
the United States have greatly complicated the project of top-down
government efforts to achieve an "ideal" racial balance in schools.
It describes how social capital-a positive outcome of social
interaction between and among parents, children, and
teachers-creates strong bonds that lead to high academic
achievement. The authors show how coercive desegregation weakens
bonds and hurts not only students and schools, but also entire
communities. Examples from all parts of the United States show how
parents undermined desegregation plans by seeking better
educational alternatives for their children rather than supporting
the public schools to which their children were assigned. Most
important, this book offers an alternative, more realistic
viewpoint on class, race, and education in America.
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