The End of Consensus: Diversity, Neighborhoods, and the Politics of Public School Assignments is a 2015 non-fiction book by Toby L. Parcel and Andrew J. Taylor, published by University of North Carolina Press.
The authors state that the voters in Wake County, North Carolina liked ethnic diversity but disliked year round education and a lack of school choice, and voters opposed those school district rules.
[1] Prior to writing the book, they conducted a literature review on the topic.
[2] Erica Frankenburg and Kendra Taylor of Pennsylvania State University praised the book's "rich account of the context of Wake County".
[5] Alexander Hyres of the University of Virginia wrote that the book serves as "a sound foundation and model for future scholars".