Her research interests focus on racial desegregation and inequality in K–12 schools and the connections between school segregation and other metropolitan policies. Recent book publications include Educational Delusions? Why Choice Can Deepen Inequality and How to Make Schools Fair (with Gary Orfield), The Resegregation of Suburban Schools: A Hidden Crisis in American Education (with Gary Orfield), and Integrating Schools in a Changing Society: New Policies and Legal Options for a Multiracial Generation (with Elizabeth DeBray).