附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and index.
Pt. 1. The present. Cities, urban schools, and current visions of educational reform -- Social class, race, and educational reform at Marcy School -- pt. 2. The past. Industrial strength, educational reform, and the immigrant poor : 1860-1929 -- Beginning of the decline : the 1930s -- Pauperization of the city and its schools : 1945-1960 -- Organized crime and municipal and educational chaos : the 1960s -- Class, race, taxes, and state educational reform : 1970-1997 -- pt. 3. Learning from the past. Revisiting Marcy School : lessons from history and a new vision of reform.
摘要:Argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and restoring political power and economic opportunities to inner-city residents 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.
