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Urban Schools
Deneen, James; Catanese, Carmen
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Description for Urban Schools
Hardback. Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSG; JNL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable. Early chapters document the two-tiered character of American public schools, the tragic consequences of failing schools for millions of students—mostly Black and Hispanic—and the financial costs to American society. In later chapters, Deneen and Catanese describe the special problems of inner-city schools and the changes in school organization and curriculum needed to overcome them. They also provide examples of schools in ... Read more
Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable. Early chapters document the two-tiered character of American public schools, the tragic consequences of failing schools for millions of students—mostly Black and Hispanic—and the financial costs to American society. In later chapters, Deneen and Catanese describe the special problems of inner-city schools and the changes in school organization and curriculum needed to overcome them. They also provide examples of schools in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Lanham, United States
ISBN
9781610480864
SKU
V9781610480864
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99-15
About Deneen, James; Catanese, Carmen
James Deneen is retired from Educational Testing Service, where he was a program director for the Advanced Placement Program. He has written several books on K-12 curriculum and assessment. Carmen Catanese is a co-founder of Citizens for Successful Schools. He is retired from the Sarnoff Corporation, where he was executive vice-president.
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