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We welcome a guest post today from Joshua M. Dunn, author of Complex Justice: The Case of Missouri v. Jenkins. Dunn's book explores the 1987 case that became the federal court's most expensive attempt at school desegregation: Judge Russell Clark mandated tax increases to help pay for improvements to the Kansas City, Missouri, School District in an effort to lure white students and quality teachers back to the inner-city district. Upon the recent news that the same school district is now planning to close nearly half its schools at the end of this school year,...
Ellen C. Bush