Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and index.
Contents
Pt. 1. The present. Cities, urban schools, and current visions of educational reform -- Social class, race, and educational reform at Marcy School -- pt. 2. The past. Industrial strength, educational reform, and the immigrant poor : 1860-1929 -- Beginning of the decline : the 1930s -- Pauperization of the city and its schools : 1945-1960 -- Organized crime and municipal and educational chaos : the 1960s -- Class, race, taxes, and state educational reform : 1970-1997 -- pt. 3. Learning from the past. Revisiting Marcy School : lessons from history and a new vision of reform.