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Urban Schools
Crisis and Revolution
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2011
Summary
Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable.
Early chapters document the two-tiered character of American public schools, the tragic consequences of failing schools for millions of students—mostly Black and Hispanic—and the financial costs to American society.
In later chapters, Deneen and Catanese describe the special problems of inner-city schools and the changes in school organization and curriculum needed to overcome them. They also provide examples of schools in severely disadvantaged communities in which such changes have enabled students to succeed academically, graduate, and enter college.
In the final chapters, the authors examine the public and non-public school options available to urban parents. They discuss school choice, a hotly debated issue in urban education.
The book concludes with a plan, consisting of six recommendations, for reforming a failing urban school.
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Bibliographic data
Copyright year
2011
ISBN-Print
978-1-61048-087-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-61048-088-8
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
148
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Contents No access
Foreword No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 2
Chapter One. Two-Tiered Education No access
Chapter Two. Schools and Society No access
Chapter Three. Schools and the State No access
Chapter Four. Urban Schools across America No access
Chapter Five. America Compared with the World No access
Chapter Six. Barriers to Change No access
Chapter Seven. Does Poverty Mean Failure? No access
Chapter Eight. Essentials in Successful Schools No access
Chapter Nine. Leadership and Responsibilities No access
Chapter Ten. Restructuring No access
Chapter Eleven. Teachers and Parents No access
Chapter Twelve. Language and Extended Instruction No access
Chapter Thirteen. Public School Choices No access
Chapter Fourteen. Nonpublic Options No access
Conclusion. Reforming a Failing School: A Six-Step Program No access Pages 131 - 136
References and Bibliography No access Pages 137 - 140
