Fall 2004 / Vol. 4, No. 4 Growing up in segregated schools Who
Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity By Samuel
P. Huntington Family Circle: The Boudins and the Aristocracy of
the Left By Susan Braudy Knopf, 2003, $27.95; 460 pages.
Reviewed by Diane Ravitch While reviewing several American
history textbooks, I was taken aback by the descriptions of the
late 1960s. It is of course somewhat startling to see the events
of one’s own lifetime described as [...] How many intelligences?
Racial progress eventually came to pass—everywhere but in public
schools Why children are still grouped by ability New evidence
on the black-white achievement gap Did the 20th-century growth
in school size improve education? The courts intervene The
inside story How to attract and retain better teachers Can
school districts serve as both regulators and providers? Brown
v. Board of Education ended legally sanctioned segregation, but
the decision’s promise awaits fulfillment Moving from segregated
to integrated schools