1. Cities, Urban Schools, and Current Visions of Educational Reform -- 2. Social Class, Race, and Educational Reform at Marcy School -- 3. Industrial Strength, Educational Reform, and the Immigrant Poor: 1860-1929 -- 4. Beginning of the Decline: The 1930s -- 5. Pauperization of the City and Its Schools: 1945-1960 -- 6. Organized Crime and Municipal and Educational Chaos: The 1960s -- 7. Class, Race, Taxes, and State Educational Reform: 1970-1997 -- 8. Revisiting Marcy School: Lessons from History and a New Vision of Reform
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-204) and index