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Special Issue on Accountability and Equity:

Special Issue on Accountability and Equity: American Educational Research Journal Fall 2004, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 497–499 Editorial Team’s Introduction n May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren read the unanimous Supreme OCourt decision in Brown v. Board of Education: We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by rea- son of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protec- tion of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. With this historic decision, the Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in public education and required the desegregation of schools across America. In May, 2004, the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education was commemorated across the country. Yet the promise of equality symbolized by the Brown decision has yet to be realized. School segregation and the unequal opportunities that accompany it persist. Close to 90% of White stu- dents attend all-White schools, while students of color attend predominantly minority schools. Furthermore, the schools attended by minority children in metropolitan areas have http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png American Educational Research Journal SAGE

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American Educational Research Journal Fall 2004, Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 497–499 Editorial Team’s Introduction n May 17, 1954, Chief Justice Earl Warren read the unanimous Supreme OCourt decision in Brown v. Board of Education: We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of “separate but equal” has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by rea- son of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protec- tion of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. With this historic decision, the Supreme Court struck down the “separate but equal” doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson in public education and required the desegregation of schools across America. In May, 2004, the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education was commemorated across the country. Yet the promise of equality symbolized by the Brown decision has yet to be realized. School segregation and the unequal opportunities that accompany it persist. Close to 90% of White stu- dents attend all-White schools, while students of color attend predominantly minority schools. Furthermore, the schools attended by minority children in metropolitan areas have

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