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Five Miles Away, A World Apart: One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America (1st Edition) by James Edward Ryan Hardcover, 400 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-19-532738-1 / 0195327381 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-532738-0 / 9780195327380 How is it that, half a century after Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunities remain so unequal for black and white students, not to mention poor and wealthy ones? In his important new book, Five Miles Away, A World Apart, James E. Ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of |