Hope and despair in the American city : why there are no bad schools in Raleigh /

Hope and despair in the American city : why there are no bad schools in Raleigh /

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Author / Creator:	Grant, Gerald.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009.
Description:	1 online resource (226 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	School improvement programs -- North Carolina -- Raleigh -- Case studies. Urban schools -- United States -- Case studies. Urban renewal -- United States -- Case studies. School improvement programs. Urban renewal. Urban schools. North Carolina -- Raleigh. United States. Electronic books. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11221723

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ISBN:	9780674053922 0674053923 9780674032941 0674032942
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 verdict in the case of Milliken v. Bradley, thereby blocking the state of Michigan from merging the Detroit public school system with those of the surrounding suburbs. This decision effectively walled off underprivileged students in many American cities, condemning them to a system of racial and class segregation and destroying their chances of obtaining a decent education. In this work, the author 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 school system in Syracuse is a slough of despair, the one in Raleigh a beacon of hope. Grant argues that the chief reason for Raleigh's educational success is the integration by social class that occurred when the city voluntarily merged with the surrounding suburbs in 1976 to create the Wake County Public School System. By contrast, the primary cause of Syracuse's decline has been the growing class and racial segregation of its metropolitan schools, which has left the city mired in poverty. This book is a study of urban social policy that combines field research and historical narrative. The result is an ambitious portrait, sometimes disturbing, often inspiring, of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as an exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today.
Other form:	Print version: Grant, Gerald. Hope and despair in the American city. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009 9780674032941

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Summary:	In 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 5-4 verdict in Milliken v. Bradley , thereby blocking the state of Michigan from merging the Detroit public school system with those of the surrounding suburbs. This decision effectively walled off underprivileged students in many American cities, condemning them to a system of racial and class segregation and destroying their chances of obtaining a decent education.In Hope and Despair in the American City , 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 school system in Syracuse is a slough of despair, the one in Raleigh a beacon of hope. Grant argues that the chief reason for Raleigh's educational success is the integration by social class that occurred when the city voluntarily merged with the surrounding suburbs in 1976 to create the Wake County Public School System. By contrast, the primary cause of Syracuse's decline has been the growing class and racial segregation of its metropolitan schools, which has left the city mired in poverty. Hope and Despair in the American City is a compelling study of urban social policy that combines field research and historical narrative in lucid and engaging prose. 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.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (226 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780674053922 0674053923 9780674032941 0674032942