John P Spencer

In the Crossfire

Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform

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Produktbeschreibung

John P. Spencer is Associate Professor of Education at Ursinus College.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780812223255
• ISBN-10: 081222325X
• Artikelnr.: 40918794

Autorenporträt

John P. Spencer is Associate Professor of Education at Ursinus College.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. Schooling as Social Reform: Racial Uplift, Liberalism, and the
Making of a Black Educator
Chapter 2. Combating Cultural Deprivation: Urban Educators and the War on
Poverty
Chapter 3. Victims, Not Hoodlums: Urban Schools and the Crisis of
Liberalism
Chapter 4. Black Power, "People Power": Holding Schools Accountable for
Black Achievement
Chapter 5. Beyond Community Control: Accountability and Achievement in the
Oakland Public Schools
Epilogue: Legacies of the 1960s in American School Reform
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments