The Walls Around Opportunity Av Gary Orfield

<p><b>The case for race-conscious education policy</b><br><br>In our unequal society, families of color fully share the dream of college but their children often attend schools that do not prepare them, and the higher education system gives the best opportunities to the most privileged. Students of color hope for college but often face a dead end.<br>For many young people, racial inequality puts them at a disadvantage from early childhood. <i>The Walls around Opportunity</i> argues that colorblind policies have made college inaccessible to a large share of students of color, and reveals how policies that acknowledge racial inequalities and set racial equality goals can succeed where colorblindness has failed.<br><br>Gary Orfield paints a troubling portrait of American higher education, explaining how profound racial gaps imbedded in virtually every stage of our children¿s lives pose a major threat to communities of color and the nation. He describes how the 1960s and early 1970s was th

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