Richard Rothstein

Richard Rothstein is a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute and a visiting professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is the author of Class and Schools, published earlier this year. (December 2004)

From the Review

February 24, 2005: 'Must Schools Fail?': An Exchange (letter)

December 2, 2004: Must Schools Fail?

No Excuses: Closing the Racial Gap in Learning by Abigail and Stephan Thernstrom

Black American Students in an Affluent Suburb: A Study of Academic Disengagement by John U. Ogbu, with Astrid Davis

Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau

Whitewashing Race: The Myth of a Color-Blind Society by Michael K. Brown and others

There Are No Shortcuts by Rafe Esquith

Final Test: The Battle for Adequacy in America's Schools by Peter Schrag

City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education by Pedro A. Noguera