- Overview of the use of social science evidence in school desegregation.
- Social science knowledge was used in the Brown decision and became an important consideration for remedying segregation, and for making educational policy.
- The social science debate about causes and cures of school segregation (school v. family factors) played out in courts and in policy.
- Reviews the case of St. Louis as an example of the social science debate in desegregation efforts.
- The 1996 Craton Liddell v. Board of Education, St. Louis case will determine the status of the city’s desegregation plan and whether the school districts involved achieved unitary status.