Title The street stops here : a year at a Catholic high school in Harlem / Patrick J. McCloskey ; foreword by Samuel G. Freedman

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, c2008

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 456 p., [16] p. of plates ) Series The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies Contents COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-one; Chapter Twenty-two; Chapter Twenty-three; Chapter Twenty-four; Chapter Twenty-five; Chapter Twenty-six; Chapter Twenty-seven; Chapter Twenty-eight; Chapter Twenty-nine; EPILOGUE; NOTES; INDEX Summary The Street Stops Here offers a deeply personal and compelling account of a Catholic high school in central Harlem, where mostly disadvantaged (and often non-Catholic) African American males graduate on time and get into college. Interweaving vivid portraits of day-to-day school life with clear and evenhanded analysis, Patrick J. McCloskey takes us through an eventful year at Rice High School, as staff, students, and families make heroic efforts to prevail against society's expectations. McCloskey's riveting narrative brings into sharp relief an urgent public policy question: whether (and how) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-439) and index Notes "A George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Jacket flap English Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Catholic high schools -- New York (State) -- New York African Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- New York (State) -- New York Minorities -- Education (Secondary) -- New York (State) -- New York African Americans -- Education (Secondary) Catholic high schools. Minorities -- Education (Secondary) SUBJECT Harlem (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79063979 Subject New York (State) -- New York. New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem. Form Electronic book LC no. 2021696844 ISBN 9780520942080 0520942086 1282772376 9781282772373 9786612772375 6612772379

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