Small schools and urban youth : using the power of school culture to engage students / Gilberto Q. Conchas, Louie F. Rodriguez ; foreword by Hugh "Bud" Mehan.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Conchas, Gilberto Q.
Other Authors: Rodriguez, Louie F.
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, [2008], ©2008.
Subjects:
Education, Urban > California > Oakland > Case studies.
Education, Urban > Massachusetts > Boston > Case studies.
Urban youth > Education (Secondary) > California > Oakland > Case studies.
Urban youth > Education (Secondary) > Massachusetts > Boston > Case studies.
Small schools > California > Oakland > Case studies.
Small schools > Massachusetts > Boston > Case studies.
Genre:
Case studies.
Physical Description:xxviii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Digging beneath the layers of school reform: size, culture, and personalization
  • California career academies: how structure and culture create optimism among low-income urban youth
  • Structuring competition and teamwork: reproducing the status-quo and challenging inequality side-by-side
  • The case of Boston: how "small" schools forge academic and relational possibilities in the urban context
  • Beneath school structure: how school culture shapes relational and academic engagement of urban high school students in Boston
  • Beyond school size: toward a critical understanding of school culture.