Hope and Despair in the American City : : Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh / / Gerald Grant.
In Hope and Despair, Gerald Grant compares two cities - his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The result is an ambitious portrait - sometimes disturbing, often inspiring - of two cit...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022] ©2011 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. What Happened to America's Cities? -- 2 Can This Neighborhood Be Saved? -- 3. Three Reconstructions of Raleigh -- 4. There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh -- 5. A Tragic Decision -- 6. What Should We Hope For? -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | In Hope and Despair, Gerald Grant compares two cities - his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The result is an ambitious portrait - sometimes disturbing, often inspiring - of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as a passionate exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674053922 9783110756067 9783110442205 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674053922?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Gerald Grant. |