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Reforming Boston Schools, 1930-2006
J. Cronin
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Description for Reforming Boston Schools, 1930-2006
Paperback. Rev. ed. of: Reforming Boston schools, 1930-2006. 2008. Series: Palgrave Studies in Urban Education. Num Pages: 282 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNB; JNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 392.
Boston s schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions and the struggles of Boston teachers before and after collective bargaining. The contributions of universities, corporations and political leaders to restore academic achievement are evaluated by one who observed Boston schools for forty years.
Boston s schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions and the struggles of Boston teachers before and after collective bargaining. The contributions of universities, corporations and political leaders to restore academic achievement are evaluated by one who observed Boston schools for forty years.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Urban Education
Number of Pages
271
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230111455
SKU
V9780230111455
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About J. Cronin
Joseph Marr Cronin has been a Professor and Dean at Harvard and Lesley Universities and President of Bentley College. He was the first Massachusetts Secretary of Education. Recently he has taught at Boston University and been Senior Fellow at the New England Board of Higher Education, the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, and Eduventures. He wrote The Control of Urban Schools ... Read more
Reviews for Reforming Boston Schools, 1930-2006
"Cronin provides us with a complete and compelling version of historical developments in the Boston Public Schools through most of the 20th century. While much ink has been spent on 'busing in Boston' and the history of the schools through the desegregation era of the 1970s, Cronin places this and other developments in the long history of the civil rights ... Read more