Schools betrayed : roots of failure in inner-city education / Kathryn M. Neckerman.
Material type: TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrationsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780226569628
- 0226569624
- 1281966045
- 9781281966049
- Education, Urban -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Racism in education -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Schools -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century
- Enseignement en milieu urbain -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Racisme en éducation -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- EDUCATION -- History
- EDUCATION -- Comparative
- Education, Urban
- Racism in education
- Schools
- Illinois -- Chicago
- Rassismus
- Öffentliche Schule
- Chicago, Ill
- 1900-1999
- 370.9773/11 22
- LC5133.C4 N43 2007eb
- DU 2502
- DV 2850
- 5,3
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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.
Print version record.
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.
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