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Abstract of "Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa" by Edward B. Fiske and Helen F. Ladd

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Fiske, E.B., and H.F. Ladd. Elusive Equity: Education Reform in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Washington, DC: Brookings, 2004.

This Abstract written by: The Brookings Institution

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Elusive Equity chronicles South AfricaÃÂ¢ÃÂÃÂs efforts to fashion a racially equitable state education system from the ashes of apartheid. The policymakers who came to power with Nelson Mandela in 1994 inherited and education system designed to further the racist goals of apartheid. Their massive challenge was to transform that system, which lavished human and financial resources on schools serving white students while systematically starving those serving African, coloured, and Indian learners, into one that would offer quality education to all persons, regardless of their race.

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