Richard Rothstein Explained
Richard Rothstein |
Birth Place: | New York |
Nationality: | American |
Occupation: | Historian, author |
Children: | Jesse Rothstein Leah Rothstein |
Alma Mater: | Harvard University |
Discipline: | Education and housing policy |
Notable Works: | The Color of Law |
Richard Rothstein is an American academic and author affiliated with the Economic Policy Institute, and a senior fellow (emeritus) at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.[1] [2] His current research focuses on the history of segregation in the United States with regards to education and housing.
Career
From 1999 until 2002, Rothstein was the national education columnist for The New York Times.[3] and had been a senior fellow at the Chief Justice Earl Warren Institute on Law and Social Policy at the law school of the University of California, Berkeley until it closed in 2015. Rothstein was then affiliated with the Haas Institute at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.[4]
His 2017 book, , argues that racial housing segregation is the result of government policy at all levels—federal, state, and local. Rothstein disagreed with the prevailing view affirmed by Supreme Court in the 1973 decision Miliken v. Bradley and a subsequent 2007 decision: that housing segregation is primarily the result of private racism and decisions.[5] A review in The New York Times said that there was "no better history" of housing segregation, while Rachel Cohen of Slate called The Color of Law "essential."[6] [7]
Bibliography
- The Way We Were? Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement (1998)[8]
- All Else Equal: Are Public and Private Schools Different? (co-authored in 2003)[9]
- Class and Schools (2004)[10]
- The Charter School Dust-Up: Examining the Evidence on Enrollment and Achievement (co-authored in 2005)[11]
- Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right (2008)[12]
- (2017)
- Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law (with Leah Rothstein) (2023)
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Richard Rothstein.
- Web site: Virtual Author Event: Richard Rothstein on the Color of Law | the Bill Lane Center for the American West.
- News: LESSONS; Does Social Class Matter in School?. Rothstein. Richard. November 10, 1999. The New York Times. April 11, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331. https://web.archive.org/web/20170919021051/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/10/nyregion/lessons-does-social-class-matter-in-school.html. September 19, 2017. live.
- Web site: Richard Rothstein Haas Institute. haasinstitute.berkeley.edu. en. April 11, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413185726/https://haasinstitute.berkeley.edu/richard-rothstein. April 13, 2018. live.
- News: Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration. Greenhouse. Linda. June 29, 2007. The New York Times. April 11, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331. https://web.archive.org/web/20170202040557/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/washington/29scotus.html. February 2, 2017. live.
- News: A Powerful, Disturbing History of Residential Segregation in America. Oshinsky. David. June 20, 2017. The New York Times. April 11, 2018. en-US. 0362-4331. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191043/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/20/books/review/richard-rothstein-color-of-law-forgotten-history.html. April 13, 2018. live.
- News: Discrimination Is Not De Facto. Cohen. Rachel M.. May 5, 2017. Slate. April 11, 2018. en-US. 1091-2339. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413130252/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2017/05/richard_rothstein_s_the_color_of_law_reviewed.html. April 13, 2018. live.
- News: The Way We Were? The Myths and Realities of America's Student Achievement. Economic Policy Institute. April 11, 2018. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413191054/https://www.epi.org/publication/books_way_we_were/. April 13, 2018. live.
- Web site: Virtual Author Event: Richard Rothstein on the Color of Law | the Bill Lane Center for the American West.
- News: Class and Schools: Using Social, Economic, and Educational Reform to Close the Black–White Achievement Gap. Economic Policy Institute. April 11, 2018. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413194101/https://www.epi.org/publication/books_class_and_schools/. April 13, 2018. live.
- Web site: Virtual Author Event: Richard Rothstein on the Color of Law | the Bill Lane Center for the American West.
- News: Grading Education: Getting Accountability Right. Economic Policy Institute. April 11, 2018. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413192558/https://www.epi.org/publication/books_grading_education/. April 13, 2018. live.