Detroit and the New Political Economy of Integration in Public Education

Curtis L. Ivery is a nationally renowned leader in US urban affairs. A prolific author, he has published numerous books, articles, and columns on urban issues. He has conceived several nationally acclaimed conferences focusing on key issues of urban inequality and social justice. This is the third and completing volume to past works, America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics and Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the "Post-Racial" Era. 

Joshua A. Bassett is Senior Fellow of the Institute for Social Progress (ISP), a nationally affiliated urban studies and educational institute located at Wayne County Community College District in Detroit, Michigan. He served as executive director of multiple national summits focused on educational equity and urban issues. His past work includes America's Urban Crisis and the Advent of Color-Blind Politics and Reclaiming Integration and the Language of Race in the "Post-Racial" Era. 

1.Introduction and Theoretical Overview.- 2. Embracing "Choice" Policies, Embracing Segregation?.- 3. A Tale of Two Cities: Paradoxes and Promises of School Integration.- 4. Charter School Segregation in Detroit.- 5. Lessons and Questions on Diversity from Detroit: Detroit as Microcosm.- 6. Making Diversity a Source of Prosperity: Intentional Integration and the Reimagining of Fair Housing.- 7. Reporter's Notebook: Race Reporting in the Trump Era.- 8. On Integrating Public Schools Under Obama and Trump.- 9. The Constitution and Racial Integration in the Public Schools: A Retrospective.- 10. Back to the Future: Revising Old Critiques to Find a Culturally Sustaining Form of School Integration.