| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 346 pages) : illustrations |
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Excelsior editions |
| Contents |
List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: Prelude to Confrontation; Tales of Two Cities; The Fight for Integration; Where Are the Teachers?; Boycotts and Dead Ends; New Voices at a New School; People Power in Brownsville; An Experiment Is Born; A Preemptive Summer; Polarization; The Governing Board Strikes Back; Part II: Ten Weeks, Three Strikes; Back to Brooklyn; First Time at Bat; The New ; Meets the Old; Strike One; A Rocky Return; Strike Two; Divisions Emerge; The UFT Rallies Against Mob Rule; The Jewish Holidays; An Experiment in Testing |
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Escalation, Capitulation, ResistanceWalkout; A Brief Case Study in Manufactured History; The "Settlement" Unravels; "Your Papers, Please!"; An Accidental Arrest; "Now Play Nice Together"; Strike Three, Week One; Eye of the Storm; Crossing the Lines; The Leaflet Controversy; Is This What You Want For Your Children? The Uft Says No!; The Wright Stuff; Teaching Future Teachers; Teacher Evaluations; Too Little, Too Late; The Strike Is Settled; Part III: The Vise Tightens; Not Back to Normal; Nauman Returns, Sort Of; Trespass; The Synagogue Fires; Johnson's Welcome Wears Him Out |
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Facing Down FirmanChaos to Camelot; The January Offensive; Vann and Campbell Meet the Press; Mr. Singer's Visit; The Principal Returns and Teachers Leave; The ADL Report; Dissent and Rebuttal; Thoughts on the Black/Jewish Divide; Martin Mayer Spins a Tale; Homeroom Math; Getting the Right Answer; The Splits Widen; The Madison Project; Civil Liberties Revisited; A Downhill Slide; The Season of Student Revolts; Signs of a Feud; Decentralization Debacle; Choosing Sides; Enter the Republic; He Said, He Said; The Empire Strikes Back; Implosion; Graduation Day; Part IV: Aftermath |
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Brownsville Battles OnJews, Whites, and Others; Decentralization Reaps What Was Sown; The Bloomberg Era; Miracle or Mirage; Testing and Its Discontents; The End Product; Coda; Notes; Illustration Credits; Sources; Books; Journal Articles and Papers; Reports and Position Papers; Court Decisions; Newspapers, Newsletters, and Magazines; Interviews; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Isaacs, Charles S., 1945-
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Isaacs, Charles S., 1945- fast |
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Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District (New York, N.Y.)
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Ocean Hill-Brownsville Demonstration School District (New York, N.Y.) fast |
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Strikes and lockouts -- Teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
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Discrimination in education -- New York (State) -- New York
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Teachers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Discrimination in education
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Strikes and lockouts -- Teachers
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Teachers
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New York (State) -- New York
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013042569 |
| ISBN |
9781438452968 |
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1438452969 |
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1438452977 |
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9781438452975 |
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