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The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial Eaton, Susan

With our nations urban schools growing more segregated every year, Susan Eaton set out to see whether separate can ever really be equal An awardwinning journalist, Eaton spent four years at SimpsonWaverly Elementary School, an allminority school in Hartford, Connecticut Located in the poorest city in the wealthiest state in the nation, it is a glaring example of the great racial and economic divide found in almost every major urban center across the countryThe Children in Room E4 is the compelling story of one student, one classroom, and one indomitable teacher, Ms Luddy In the midst of BandAid reforms and hotshot superintendents with empty promises, drug dealers and street gangs, Ms Luddys star student, Jeremy, and his fellow classmates face tremendous challenges both inside and outside of a school cut off from mainstream AmericaMeanwhile, across town, a team of civil rights lawyers fight an intrepid battle to end the de facto segregation that beleaguers Jeremys school and hundreds of others across AmericaFrom inside the classroom and the courtroom, Eaton reveals the unsettling truths about an education system that leaves millions of children behind and gives voice to those who strive against overwhelming odds for a better future