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Gary Orfield

director, Project on School Desegregation

http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/faculty/members/orfield

Professor Orfield received his B.A. in political science from the University of Minnesota and his M.A. and Ph.D from the University of Chicago. He is primarily interested in the study of civil rights, education policy, urban policy, and minority opportunity. [more]

Researching Civil Rights: Challenges Met and Yet to Come

Gary Orfield, of the Civil Rights Project, and Theodore Shaw, of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, examine how researchers and legal advocates can further the aim of advancing civil rights in knowledge and policy.

Shame of the Nation: Unequal Schooling

October 24, 2005

Jonathan Kozol documents the reappearance of separate and unequal schooling in our nation's educational system. Gary Orfield of The Civil Rights Project at Harvard responds and moderates the discussion.

Beyond Black and White: Race in the Boston Public Schools

Charles J. Ogletree Jr.

Basic Black hosts an hour-long forum with panelists and an audience in the WGBH studio. The discussion explores how the Boston public school system can maintain a commitment to diversity and provide a quality education.

The Closing Door: Conservative Policy and Black Opportunity

Author: Gary Orfield, Carole Ashkinaze

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (1993)

Binding: Paperback, 274 pages

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