| Description |
xv, 316 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Studies in government and public policy |
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Studies in government and public policy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : urban education in political context / Clarence N. Stone -- Can we desegregate public schools and subsidized housing? : Lessons from the sorry history of Yonkers, New York / Jennifer Hochschild and Michael N. Danielson -- Regionalism forestalled : metropolitan fragmentation and desegregation planning in greater New Haven, Connecticut / Kathryn A. McDermott -- Consensus building and school reform : the role of the courts in San Francisco / Luis Ricardo Fraga, Bari Anhalt Erlichson, and Sandy Lee -- The challenge of school reform in Baltimore : race, jobs, and politics / Marion Orr -- Grassroots action in East Brooklyn : a community organization takes up school reform / Timothy Ross -- Strategy and tactics in subsystem protection : the politics of education reform in Montgomery County, Maryland / Cheryl L. Jones and Connie Hill -- Corporate influence on Chicago school reform / Dorothy Shipps -- School politics in Houston : the impact of business involvement / Thomas Longoria Jr. -- Education and regime change in Charlotte / Stephen Samuel Smith -- Changing urban education : defining the issues / Kathryn M. Doherty -- Civic capacity and urban school reform / Clarence N. Stone -- Changing urban education : lessons, cautions, prospects / Michael N. Danielson and Jennifer Hochschild. |
| Subject |
Education, Urban -- Political aspects -- United States -- Case studies.
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Education and state -- United States -- Case studies.
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Educational change -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Stone, Clarence N. (Clarence Nathan), 1935-
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| ISBN |
0700609016 cloth alkaline paper |
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0700609024 paperback alkaline paper |
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