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Sherman Dorn is Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Social Foundations at the University of South Florida. He received his Ph.D. in history at the University of Pennsylvania in 1992 based on his work on the history of dropout policies. He is currently looking at the history of special education in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1940 to 1990.
Comment on Ng's "Wealth Redistribution, Race & Southern Public Schools, 1880-1910"
Sherman Dorn
Abstract
Wherein the author raises criticisms and advances qualifications to the conclusions reached by Kenneth Ng is his article "Wealth Redistribution, Race and Southern Public Schools, 1880-1910.
Keywords
Academic Achievement; Black Education; Black Students; Cost Effectiveness; Educational Finance; Educational History; Elementary Secondary Education; Resource Allocation; School District Wealth; School Segregation