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The Eighth Ira C. Rothgerber, Jr. Conference
October 13-14, 2000

"The End of School Desegregation?"

Speakers

• David J. Armor, Research Professor, Institute of Public Policy, George Mason University.
• Kevin D. Brown, Charles Whistler Professor of Law, Indiana University School of Law, Bloomington.
• Charles J. Cooper, Partner, Cooper Carvin & Rosenthal, PLLC, Washington, D.C.
• Jeremiah Glassman, Chief of the Educational Opportunities Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
• Jennifer L. Hochschild, William Stuart Tod Professor of Public and International Affairs, Politics Department and Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University.
• Michael J. Klarman, James Monroe Professor of Law, F. Palmer Weber Research Professor of Civil Liberties & Human Rights, University of Virginia School of Law.
• Pam Martinez, Director, Padres Unidos.
• The Honorable Richard P. Matsch, Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
• Patrick J. McQuillan, Associate Professor, School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder.
• Bennie Milliner, Vice President, Board of Education, Denver Public Schools.
• Santo Nicotera, Ninth Grade Coordinator, Manual High School, Denver.
• Gary Orfield, Professor of Education and Social Policy, Harvard Project on School Desegregation, Harvard University.
• John A. Powell, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, Founder and Executive Director, Institute on Race and Poverty.
• James E. Ryan, Associate Professor, University of Virginia School of Law.
• Amy Stuart Wells, Professor of Educational Policy, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA.
• Kevin G. Welner, Assistant Professor, School of Education, University of Colorado at Boulder.

Conference Papers

• Historical Overview - John Powell, Michael Klarman
• Current Litigation Issues - Charles Cooper, Jeremiah Glassman
• Post-Integration Segregation - Kevin Welner
• Voluntary Desegregation - Kevin Brown
• Impact of School Choice - James Ryan
• Consequences of School Desegregation, Part I - Gary Orfield
• Consequences of School Desegregation, Part II - David Armor, Amy Stuart Wells
• Denver Public Schools Before and After - Patrick McQuillan, Pam Martinez, Bennie Milliner Santos Nicotera
• Summary and Assessment - Jennifer Hochschild