In the crossfire [electronic resource] : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform / John P. Spencer.
| Uniform Title: | Politics and culture in modern America.
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| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
c2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Politics and culture in modern America.
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| Variant Title: |
In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Schooling as social reform: racial uplift, liberalism, and the making of a black educator
- Combating cultural deprivation: urban educators and the war on poverty
- Victims, not hoodlums: urban schools and the crisis of liberalism
- Black power, "people power": holding schools accountable for black achievement
- Beyond community control: accountability and achievement in the Oakland public schools
- Epilogue: legacies of the 1960s in American school reform.