Reinterpreting Urban School Reform

Louis F. Mirn

ISBN 10: 0791457079 / ISBN 13: 9780791457078

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, 2003

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BC5 - A first edition first printing hardcover book in very good condition that has some stains and bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear with no dust jacket. Have Urban Schools Failed, or Has the Reform Movement Failed Urban Schools? 9.25"x6.25", 329 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reinterpreting Urban School Reform
• Publisher: State University of New York Press, Albany, New York
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791457079
• ISBN 13: 9780791457078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Education

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Synopsis

Have urban schools failed, or has reform failed urban schools? This book examines existing urban school programs, ranging from desegregation to reading improvement, in light of available historical, empirical, and case study evidence. Miron and St. John and their contributors probe the underlying theoretical, normative, and political assumptions embedded in specific reform initiatives. They explore how reforms might be reconstructed to better address the underlying challenges and they demonstrate that reforms can be constructively critiqued throughout the stages of implementation, arguing that greater attention should be paid to ethnic and cultural traditions within urban educational settings.

Contributors include Leetta Allen-Haynes; Joseph Cadray; Choong-Geun Chung; Richard Fossey; Barry M. Franklin; David Gordon; Carol Anne Hossler; Siri Loescher; Kim Manoil; Genevieve Manset; Louis F. Mirón; Glenda Droogsma Musoba; Kathryn Nakagawa; Carolyn S. Ridenour; Ada B. Simmons; Edward P. St. John; Neil Theobald; Sandra Washburn; Kenneth K. Wong; and Kim Worthington.

About the Author

Louis F. Miron is Professor of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is the author of Social Construction of Urban Schooling: Situating the Crisis. Edward P. St. John is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Indiana University at Bloomington. He is the coauthor (with Alison I. Griffith and Leetta Allen-Haynes) of Families in Schools: A Chorus of Voices in Restructuring.