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Ghetto Schooling: Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform
Jean Anyon
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Paperback. Providing evidence that inner city schools have failed in their capacity to implement current strategies of educational reform, this work offers a historical analysis of a century of government and business policies that have drained the economic, political and human resources of urban populations. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNK; JPQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 327.
In this personal account, Jean Anyon provides evidence that the economic and political devastation of America's inner cities has robbed schools and teachers of the capacity to successfully implement current strategies of educational reform. She argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and the redirection of major resources back into the schools and the communities they serve, urban schools are consigned to failure, and no effort at raising standards, improving teaching, or boosting achievement can occur. Based on her participation in an intensive four-year school reform project in the Newark, New Jersey public schools, the author vividly ... Read more
In this personal account, Jean Anyon provides evidence that the economic and political devastation of America's inner cities has robbed schools and teachers of the capacity to successfully implement current strategies of educational reform. She argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and the redirection of major resources back into the schools and the communities they serve, urban schools are consigned to failure, and no effort at raising standards, improving teaching, or boosting achievement can occur. Based on her participation in an intensive four-year school reform project in the Newark, New Jersey public schools, the author vividly ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807736623
SKU
V9780807736623
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