No Undocumented Child Left Behind: Plyler v. Doe and the Education of Undocumented Schoolchildren
Book by Michael A. Olivas, University of Houston Law Center
Reviewed by Carol L. Schmid, Guilford Technical Community College
Summer 2015
Carol L. Schmid, Professor of Sociology at Guilford Technical Community College, reviews No Undocumented Child Left Behind: Plyler v. Doe and the Education of Undocumented Schoolchildren. The book examines the successes and failures of the implementation of Plyler v. Doe, the US Supreme Court decision requiring public school districts to educate all children regardless of legal status. The author examines the intersection of law, education policy, immigration issues and states’ rights as they pertain to the Court’s decision.
Read the book review at https://doi.org/10.1111/imre.12196.