In his important new book five miles away a world apart james e ryan answers this question by tracing the fortunes of two schools in richmond virginia one in the city and the other in the sub 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 . This item five miles away a world apart one city two schools and the story of educational opportunity in by james e ryan paperback 2888 in stock ships from and sold by amazoncom. Five miles away a world apart one city two schools and the story of educational opportunity in modern america by james e ryan david j fleming furman university search for more papers by this author david j fleming furman university search for more papers by this author. 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 two schools in richmond virginia one in the city and the other in the suburbs ryan shows how court rulings in the 1970s limiting the scope of desegregation laid the groundwork for the sharp disparities between urban and suburban public . Five miles away a world apart one city two schools and the story of educational opportunity in modern america by james e ryan new york oxford university press 2010 400 pp 2995 erica frankenberg pennsylvania state university the purpose of this book five miles away a world apart reflected in the books division into three sections is to describe past present and future efforts to achieve educational opportunity ryan uses two high schools throughout the