Fifty Years of Brown This years marks the 50th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education. To commemorate this PBS has produced a television special, "Beyond Brown: Pursuing the Promise." Please visit their website.

In addition, the Century Foundation and the Center for American Progress hosted a panel discussion: "Unfinished Business: Keeping the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education."

Fifty years after the Supreme Court's landmark Brown decision, prominent experts in education will come together in this roundtable discussion to present what they believe are effective strategies for fulfilling the promise of Brown, including: racial integration, economic integration, housing integration, fiscal equity, school choice, and standards-based reform.

Featuring: The Honorable Chaka Fattah, Second Congressional District, Pennsylvania; Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education Network; Harold "Bud" Hodgkinson, Demographer and Author

Panelists include: Jeanne Allen, President, Center for Education Reform; John Brittain, Professor of Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law; Richard D. Kahlenberg, Senior Fellow, The Century Foundation; David Rusk, Former Mayor, Albuquerque, NM, Author and Consultant

Video highlights and audio of the conference available here

Finally, Richard Kahlenberg of the Century Foundation has produced a report, "Reality Check: Can Separate Be Equal? The Overlooked Flaw at the Center of No Child Left Behind." Click here to view. In PDF format, need viewer available here
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