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Author Anyon, Jean.

Title Ghetto schooling : a political economy of urban educational reform / Jean Anyon ; foreword by William Julius Wilson.

Publication Info. New York : Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University, [1997]
©1997

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  370.9173 A637G    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  370.9173 ANYON    Check Shelf
Description xix, 217 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography 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.
Subject Education, Urban -- Social aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Case studies.
Education -- Political aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Case studies.
Education, Urban -- Economic aspects -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Case studies.
Education, Urban -- New Jersey -- Newark -- History.
Newark (N.J.) -- Social conditions.
Educational change -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Case studies.
ISBN 0807736635 cloth
0807736627 paperback
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