A 'Stolen' Education

March 26, 2009 | This article appeared in the April 13, 2009 edition of The Nation.

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An inner-city mother jailed for sending her kids to a suburban school district? This belongs to a past we'd do best to leave behind.

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Susan Eaton

Susan Eaton is the author, most recently, of The Other Boston Busing Story (Yale). She is also the co-author, with Gary...

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