TY - BOOK AU - Neckerman,Kathryn M. TI - Schools betrayed: roots of failure in inner-city education SN - 9780226569628 AV - LC5133.C4 N43 2007eb U1 - 370.9773/11 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press KW - Education, Urban KW - Illinois KW - Chicago KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Racism in education KW - Schools KW - Enseignement en milieu urbain KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - Racisme en éducation KW - EDUCATION KW - bisacsh KW - Comparative KW - fast KW - Rassismus KW - gnd KW - Öffentliche Schule KW - Chicago, Ill KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-252) and index; Urban decline -- Labor markets -- Communities and cultures -- Racial segregation and inequality -- Vocational education -- Remedial education -- Classroom dynamics -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Quantitative evidence -- Appendix B. Some historical evidence about language styles and schooling N2 - The problems commonly associated with inner-city schools were not nearly as pervasive a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. In Schools Betrayed, her innovative history of race and urban education, Kathryn M. Neckerman tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so much worse than their white counterparts. Focusing on Chicago public schools between 1900 and 1960, Neckerman compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants, groups that had similarly little wealth and status yet came to gain vastl UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=260173 ER -