LEADER 04035nam 2200553Ia 450 001 9910826785203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-59558-864-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000327916 035 $a(EBL)978748 035 $a(OCoLC)827862036 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820022 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12314300 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820022 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10861750 035 $a(PQKB)10528640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC978748 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000327916 100 $a20120530d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLessons from the heartland $ea turbulent half-century of public education in an iconic American city /$fBarbara Miner 210 $aNew York $cNew Press, The$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (321 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59558-829-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Milwaukee, Public Schools, and the Fight For America's Future; PART I: Segregation, Prosperity, and Protests: 1950s and 1960s; 1. THE GLORY DAYS OF 1957; 2. THE 1950S: MILWAUKEE'S BLACK COMMUNITY COMES OF AGE; 3. 1964: FREEDOM SCHOOLS COME TO MILWAUKEE; 4. MILWAUKEE LOVES GEORGE WALLACE; 5. MILWAUKEE'S GREAT MIGRATION #1: BLACKS MOVE FROM THE SOUTH TO THE INNER CORE; 6. 1965: DIRECT ACTION TARGETS "INTACT BUSING"; 7. 1967-68: OPEN HOUSING MOVES TO CENTER STAGE 327 $aPART II: Desegregation, Deindustrialization, and Backlash: 1970s and 1980s8. BROWN AND MILLIKEN : THE U.S. SUPREME COURT ADVANCES AND RETREATS; 9. JANUARY 19, 1976: THE COURT RULES- MILWAUKEE'S SCHOOLS ARE SEGREGATED; 10. SEPTEMBER 7, 1976: THE BUSES ROLL AND DESEGREGATION BEGINS; 11. 1981: POLICE BRUTALITY MOVES TO CENTER STAGE; 12. MILWAUKEE'S GREAT MIGRATION #2: WHITES MOVE TO THE SUBURBS; 13. THE 1980S: THE RUST BELT AND REAGANOMICS; 14. DESEGREGATION: FORWARD AND BACKWARD IN THE 1980S; 15. LATINO STUDENTS: MOVING BEYOND BLACK AND WHITE; 16. MONEY: THE ROOT OF ALL SOLUTIONS 327 $aPART III: Resegregation, Abandonment, and a New Era of Protest: 1990s and 2000s17. 1990: VOUCHERS PASS, ABANDONMENT BEGINS; 18. VOUCHER CROSSFIRE: FIGHTING FOR THE SOUL OF PUBLIC EDUCATION; 19. MULTICULTURAL CROSSFIRE: REDEFINING THE PUBLIC SCHOOL CURRICULUM; 20. 1993-95: WHITE VOTERS REJECT NEW SCHOOLS FOR BLACK CHILDREN, AND THINGS FALL APART; 21. 1995: VOUCHERS FOR RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS, ABANDONMENT ADVANCES; 22. 1999: (RE)SEGREGATION DE?JA? VU- NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS AND OPEN ENROLLMENT; 23. MILWAUKEE'S GREAT MIGRATION #3: GLOBAL IMMIGRANTS MAKE MILWAUKEE THEIR HOME 327 $a24. 2002-10: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND. REALLY?25. 2011: THE HEARTLAND RISES UP, AND A NEW ERA OF PROTEST BEGINS; Notes; Index 330 $aIn a magisterial work of narrative nonfiction that weaves together the racially fraught history of public education in Milwaukee and the broader story of hypersegregation in the rust belt, Lessons from the Heartland tells of an iconic city's fall from grace-and of its chance for redemption in the twenty-first century.A symbol of middle American working-class values and pride, Wisconsin-and in particular urban Milwaukee-has been at the forefront of a half-century of public education experiments, from desegregation and ?school choice," to vouchers and charter schools. Pickin 606 $aPublic schools$zWisconsin$zMilwaukee$xHistory 606 $aEducation and state$zWisconsin$zMilwaukee$xHistory 615 0$aPublic schools$xHistory. 615 0$aEducation and state$xHistory. 676 $a371.010977595 686 $aHIS054000$2bisacsh 700 $aMiner$b Barbara$01686286 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826785203321 996 $aLessons from the heartland$94059017 997 $aUNINA