BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 Globalization, Economic Restructuring, and Urban Education; CHAPTER 2 Chicago School Reform and Its Political, Economic, and Cultural Context; CHAPTER 3 Accountability, Social Differentiation, and Racialized Social Control; CHAPTER 4 "Like a Hammer Just Knocking Them Down"; CHAPTER 5 The Policies and Politics of Cultural Assimilation; CHAPTER 6 "It's Us versus the Board--The Enemy"; CHAPTER 7 Beyond Accountability; Methodological Appendix; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary
This book analyses the ways in which schools in urban areas are shaped and influenced by social, economic and political forces within the social environment. Utilizing research from schools in Chicago, the book will show how schools attempt to
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-213) and index
