Hope and Despair in the American City - Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh

Informationen zum Autor Gerald Grant is Hannah Hammond Professor of Education and Sociology, Emeritus, at Syracuse University. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Gerald Grant, Grant Gerald
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.03.2011
• EAN: 9780674060265
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06026-5
• Seiten: 240
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Allgemeines, Lexika; Education, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Jurisprudence & general issues, Central / national / federal government policies, Urban communities, Schools and pre-schools, Educational strategies and policy