Black Mayors and School Politics
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Black Mayors and School Politics

The Failure of Reform in Detroit, Gary and Newark

  1. 236 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Black Mayors and School Politics

The Failure of Reform in Detroit, Gary and Newark

About this book

First Published in 1996. Some people believe that if inner-city black children had excellent schools, they would perform better in them. Granted, schools are a part of the problem, but they are not all of the solution. Schools are only buildings where teachers, administrators, and students interact. Learning is a more much complex process. There are many forces arrayed against an inner-city child that preclude him/her from mastering the education process. Among these forces are poverty, family instability, disruptive classroom environments, and incompetent teachers. There seems to be no end to research and speculation about how to overcome these forces. However, the author asserts that the gap between black and white children continues to widen. With research beginning in 1989, exploring three school systems for this study: Detroit, Michigan; Gary, Indiana; and Newark, New Jersey. The book presents a systematic survey of school politics in these three cities, giving particular emphasis to local reform efforts.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Original Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Contents Page
  7. Figures and Tables Page
  8. Preface Page
  9. Introduction: The Search for Firm Ground
  10. Detroit School Politics
  11. Gary School Politics
  12. Newark School Politics
  13. Black Mayors: Bystanders or Interlopers?
  14. Rust-Belt Cities and Their Green-Belt States
  15. Schools, Human Capital, and Race
  16. Conclusions
  17. Index