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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785012103321

Autore

Grant Gerald

Titolo

Hope and despair in the American city [[electronic resource] ] : why there are no bad schools in Raleigh / / Gerald Grant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-674-26403-7

0-674-05392-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (237 p.)

Disciplina

371.009173/2

Soggetti

School improvement programs - North Carolina - Raleigh

Urban schools - United States

Urban renewal - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

What happened to American cities? -- Can this neighborhood be saved? -- Three reconstructions of Raleigh -- There are no bad schools in Raleigh -- A tragic decision -- What should we hope for?.

Sommario/riassunto

In Hope and Despair, Gerald Grant compares two cities - his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The result is an ambitious portrait - sometimes disturbing, often inspiring - of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as a passionate exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today.