The Urban School, a Factory for Failure : A Study of Education in American Society

Rist, Ray C.

ISBN 10: 0262180642 / ISBN 13: 9780262180641

Published by MIT Press, 1973

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Urban School, a Factory for Failure : A Study of Education in American Society
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262180642
• ISBN 13: 9780262180641
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 1.46 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

"One way to begin the development of a more systematic understanding of what events in the classroom do to students is to bring to bear the skills of participant-observation field work....

"In this book, Ray Rist uses these skills to make us understand the first few years of school experience of one group of children. He shows us in fine-grained detail how teachers shape and direct some of the children toward academic success and others toward failure. Because most of these children are poor and black, and because their teachers, though black themselves, nevertheless expect most of their charges to do poorly, the principal training that goes on in the classroom seems to be training for a life of failure rather than success...."

—From the Foreword by Lee Rainwater

About the Author

Ray C. Rist was a senior evaluation officer in the World Bank for many years. He has served as university professor at Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, and George Washington University. In addition, he is the editor for Transaction’s Comparative Policy Evaluation series.