A Think Twice Review of:
Our Immense Achievement Gap: Embracing Proven Remedies While Avoiding a Race-Based Recipe for Disaster
Think Twice - Mar 29, 2012
Publisher/Think Tank - Center for the American Experiment
Author(s) -
This report claims that desegregation has failed and criticizes efforts to reduce concentrated poverty and achieve racial and socioeconomic integration in schools and housing in Minnesota.
Reviewer(s) - Susan Eaton, Harvard University
Eaton's review finds that the report relies heavily on selected research literature to make its arguments but ignores dozens of the most important peer-reviewed research studies that suggest strong relationships between racial, ethnic, economic diversity/desegregation and academic gain