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Left Behind: Urban High Schools and the Failure of Market Reform
Edward P. St. John
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Description for Left Behind: Urban High Schools and the Failure of Market Reform
Hardback. Left Behind provides crucial insights into the troubling trajectory of public policy while offering teachers and administrators effective strategies for overcoming barriers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JFSG; JNF; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
In Left Behind, a team of education scholars led by Edward P St John argues that American cities have been engaged for the past three decades in a radical-but failing-effort to transform general and vocational high schools into college preparatory institutions. By examining the educational reforms in four urban charter schools across the United States and four public high schools in New York City, Left Behind reveals how educators contend with the challenge of developing new courses while providing social support for students to build college-going cultures. The research shows that district schools struggle to comply with standards that leave ... Read more
In Left Behind, a team of education scholars led by Edward P St John argues that American cities have been engaged for the past three decades in a radical-but failing-effort to transform general and vocational high schools into college preparatory institutions. By examining the educational reforms in four urban charter schools across the United States and four public high schools in New York City, Left Behind reveals how educators contend with the challenge of developing new courses while providing social support for students to build college-going cultures. The research shows that district schools struggle to comply with standards that leave ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421417875
SKU
V9781421417875
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About Edward P. St. John
Edward P. St. John is the Algo D. Henderson Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan's Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Victoria J. Milazzo Bigelow is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education. Kim Callahan Lijana received her PhD from the Center for the Study of Higher and ... Read more
Reviews for Left Behind: Urban High Schools and the Failure of Market Reform
Left Behind brings forth valuable research in analyzing the achievement gaps in urban high schools while illuminating the oft-ignored political scaffolding that upholds such inequities. St. John, Milazzo Bigelow, Callahan Lijana, and Massé urge for the creation of new common standards that mandate district changes to fulfill all students' specific educational needs and help fulfill their wishes of attending college ... Read more