Detroit School Reform in Comparative Contexts Community Action Overcoming Policy Barriers /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: St. John, Edward (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Girmay, Feven (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2019.
• Σειρά: Neighborhoods, Communities, and Urban Marginality
• Θέματα: Sociology, Urban.; Education and state.; Educational sociology .; Education and sociology.; Urban economics.; Urban Studies/Sociology.; Education Policy.; Sociology of Education.; Urban Economics.

This book critically examines how the narrative of global economic competition was used to rationalize college preparatory curriculum for all high school students and promote charter schools in Detroit. Using mixed qualitative and quantitative methods, the study identifies neighborhood risk factors...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Series Foreword
• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Contents
• Lists of Tables, Figures, and Maps
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Part 1: Policy Failures Creating Barriers to Student Success
• Chapter 2: Economic Competitiveness
• Chapter 3: Educational Policy
• Chapter 4: Market Competition
• Part II: Neighborhood Risks, Resources, and College Preparation
• Chapter 5: Neighborhood Risks
• Chapter 6: Community Resources
• Chapter 7: High-School & College Preparation
• Part III: Community Action Addressing Barriers to Student Success
• Chapter 8: Student Encouragement
• Chapter 9: Engaged Learning
• Chapter 10: Conclusion
• Authors and Research Associates
• Endnotes
• References. .