02552nam 22006014a 450 991078501210332120230721013353.00-674-26403-70-674-05392-310.4159/9780674053922(CKB)2670000000040470(OCoLC)648759733(CaPaEBR)ebrary10400488(SSID)ssj0000419839(PQKBManifestationID)11281458(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419839(PQKBWorkID)10385663(PQKB)11045893(MiAaPQ)EBC3300808(Au-PeEL)EBL3300808(CaPaEBR)ebr10400488(DE-B1597)574323(DE-B1597)9780674053922(EXLCZ)99267000000004047020081125d2009 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHope and despair in the American city[electronic resource] why there are no bad schools in Raleigh /Gerald GrantCambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press20091 online resource (237 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-03294-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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?.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.School improvement programsNorth CarolinaRaleighCase studiesUrban schoolsUnited StatesCase studiesUrban renewalUnited StatesCase studiesSchool improvement programsUrban schoolsUrban renewal371.009173/2Grant Gerald1474446MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785012103321Hope and despair in the American city3688170UNINA