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Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University
The Campaign for Educational Equity
The Campaign for Educational Equity
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”
Fall 2005 Symposium on the “Social Costs of Inadequate Education”

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October 24th and 25th at  Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia University

Richard Rothstein


Teachers College, Columbia University

Presentation Topic:

  • The Many Dimensions of Racial Inequality [Summary]

Richard Rothstein is a research associate of the Economic Policy Institute, a visiting professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, and a senior correspondent of The American Prospect. Mr. Rothstein's recent publications include:

  • Class and Schools. Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black-White Achievement Gap (Teachers College Press, 2004);
  • The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement (Century Foundation Press, 1998);
  • All Else Equal. Are Public and Private Schools Different? (with Luis Benveniste and Martin Carnoy) (RoutledgeFalmer, 2003); and
  • The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement (with Martin Carnoy, Rebecca Jacobsen, and Lawrence Mishel) (Teachers College Press, 2005).

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