Ryane Mcauliffe Straus
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389914 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryane Mcauliffe Straus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryane Mcauliffe |
| FAMILY NAME | Straus |
| SIGNATURE | STRAUS R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of Saint Rose |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Race Whisperer
The Two Browns
The colorblind individualism that pervades American politics and society keeps schools segregated although Americans support integrated public education. While the 1954 US Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education has never been overruled, later cases and policies have encouraged its retrenchment. We argue in this multi-disciplinary review of published literature that there are two different versions of Brown—the iconic, pro-integration …
Citizens’ use of policy symbols and frames
Measuring Multi-Ethnic Desegregation
This article proposes a new method for measuring school desegregation in multiracial districts, and uses the new method to measure the desegregation effects of magnet schools in Los Angeles. Rather than measuring desegregation between only two groups at a time, I compute the index of interracial exposure for Blacks, Whites, Latinos, and Asians. Each of these figures is then combined to form a composite desegregation score. I find that magnet scho…
Reconstructing Los Angeles Magnet Schools
This article is a study of the social construction of school desegregation in Los Angeles, California. Particular emphasis is placed on how magnet schools were presented to area residents in the local press over a period of 3 decades. I use quantitative and qualitative techniques with 355 newspaper articles. I find that magnet schools were originally discussed as part of a larger desegregation program, but that references to desegregation decline…
The Race Whisperer
Citizens’ use of policy symbols and frames
Reconstructing Los Angeles Magnet Schools
This article is a study of the social construction of school desegregation in Los Angeles, California. Particular emphasis is placed on how magnet schools were presented to area residents in the local press over a period of 3 decades. I use quantitative and qualitative techniques with 355 newspaper articles. I find that magnet schools were originally discussed as part of a larger desegregation program, but that references to desegregation decline…
Measuring Multi-Ethnic Desegregation
This article proposes a new method for measuring school desegregation in multiracial districts, and uses the new method to measure the desegregation effects of magnet schools in Los Angeles. Rather than measuring desegregation between only two groups at a time, I compute the index of interracial exposure for Blacks, Whites, Latinos, and Asians. Each of these figures is then combined to form a composite desegregation score. I find that magnet scho…
Reconstructing Los Angeles Magnet Schools
This article is a study of the social construction of school desegregation in Los Angeles, California. Particular emphasis is placed on how magnet schools were presented to area residents in the local press over a period of 3 decades. I use quantitative and qualitative techniques with 355 newspaper articles. I find that magnet schools were originally discussed as part of a larger desegregation program, but that references to desegregation decline…
Citizens’ use of policy symbols and frames
Measuring Multi-Ethnic Desegregation
This article proposes a new method for measuring school desegregation in multiracial districts, and uses the new method to measure the desegregation effects of magnet schools in Los Angeles. Rather than measuring desegregation between only two groups at a time, I compute the index of interracial exposure for Blacks, Whites, Latinos, and Asians. Each of these figures is then combined to form a composite desegregation score. I find that magnet scho…
The Two Browns
The colorblind individualism that pervades American politics and society keeps schools segregated although Americans support integrated public education. While the 1954 US Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education has never been overruled, later cases and policies have encouraged its retrenchment. We argue in this multi-disciplinary review of published literature that there are two different versions of Brown—the iconic, pro-integration …
The Race Whisperer
Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Desegregation (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Accountability (2 works)