Education as my agenda [[electronic resource] ] : Gertrude Williams, race, and the Baltimore Public Schools / / Gertrude S. Williams with Jo Ann Ooiman Robinson

• Autore: Williams Gertrude S. <1927->
• Pubblicazione: New York, N.Y., : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2005.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 311 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 371/.01/09752/6
• Soggetto topico: African American school principals; Public schools - Maryland - Baltimore - History - 20th century; School principals - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Race relations History 20th century Sources
• Altri autori: RobinsonJo Ann <1942->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-290) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: When Gertrude Williams retired in 1998, after forty-nine years in the Baltimore public schools,The Baltimore Sun called her "the most powerful of principals" who "tangled with two superintendents and beat them both." In this oral memoir, Williams identifies the essential elements of sound education and describes the battles she waged to secure those elements, first as teacher, then a counselor, and, for twenty-five years, as principal. She also described her own education - growing up black in largely white Germantown, Pennsylvania; studying black history and culture for the first time at Cheyney State Teachers College; and meeting the rigorous demands of the program which she graduated from in 1949. In retracing her career, Williams examines the highs and lows of urban public education since World War II. She is at once an outspoken critic and spirited advocate of the system to which she devoted her life.
• Titolo autorizzato: Education as my agenda
• ISBN: 1-281-36498-3; 9786611364984; 1-4039-8140-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784678603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Palgrave studies in oral history.