Pursuit of Equality: Rethinking Schools - Lens of Social Justice

In 1954 the Supreme Court case Brown versus The Board of Education forever changed American schools by ending segregation and creating educational equity. Or did it? Are today's schools any more inclusive or socially just than schools were three-quarters of a century years ago? Examination of ways schooling can perpetuate and reproduce social inequities. Discussion of our ethical responsibilities as civically engaged citizens to work towards educational equality and provide support of schools that are inclusive, culturally responsive, and democratic. Required service-learning experience working with children in a Durham public school classroom.