Equalizing Resources vs. Retaining Black Political Power: Paradoxes of an Urban-Suburban School District Merger in Durham, North Carolina, 1958-1996

Autor/in	Cyna, Esther
Titel	Equalizing Resources vs. Retaining Black Political Power: Paradoxes of an Urban-Suburban School District Merger in Durham, North Carolina, 1958-1996
Quelle	In: History of Education Quarterly, 59 (2019) 1, S.35-64 (30 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2680
Schlagwörter	Educational History; State History; School Districts; Urban Schools; Suburban Schools; Organizational Change; Educational Change; Resistance to Change; African Americans; Educational Equity (Finance); Consolidated Schools; Failure; Program Implementation; School Desegregation; Racial Integration; Economic Factors; Social Change; Politics of Education; Disproportionate Representation; Social Action; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; School district; Schulbezirk; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Suburban area; Outskirts; Suburb; Vorort; Vorstadt; Organisationswandel; Bildungsreform; Afroamerikaner; Consolidated school; Mittelpunktschule; Zentralschule; Integrative Schule; Rassenintegration; Ökonomischer Faktor; Sozialer Wandel; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Soziales Handeln
Abstract	Two separate school districts--a city one and a county one--operated independently in Durham, North Carolina, until the early 1990s. The two districts merged relatively late compared to other North Carolina cities, such as Raleigh and Charlotte. In Durham, residents in both the county and city systems vehemently opposed the merger until the county commissioners ultimately bypassed a popular vote. African American advocates in the city school district, in particular, faced an impossible trade-off: city schools increasingly struggled financially because of an inequitable funding structure, but a merger would significantly threaten fair racial representation on the consolidated school board. This article explores this core tension in historical context by looking at several failed merger attempts from 1958 to 1988, as well as the 1991 merger implementation, against the backdrop of desegregation, economic transition, profound metropolitan changes, and protracted political battles in Durham. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01