An edition of Reforming Boston schools, 1930 to the present
(2011)
Reforming Boston schools, 1930 to the present
overcoming corruption and racial segregation
by Joseph M. Cronin
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"Boston's schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions and the struggles of Boston teachers before and after collective bargaining. The contributions of universities, corporations and political leaders to restore academic achievement are evaluated by one who observed Boston schools for forty years"--
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Educational equalization, School integration, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Discrimination in education, EDUCATION / History, Educational change, Schools, Urban Education, Education, African Americans, Case studies, Education, urban, African americans, education, African americans, massachusetts, boston, HistoryPlaces
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Reforming Boston schools, 1930 to the present: overcoming corruption and racial segregation
2011, Palgrave Macmillan
in English
0230111459 9780230111455
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Table of Contents
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Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Leave, Speak Up, or Stay
Boston Schools: The Height of Loyalty and Ethnic Exits (1920-40)
Boston Teachers Express Their Voices (1920-65)
School Reform Postponed (1940-62)
Black Voices for Equal Education, and the White Response (1960-74)
The Court Orders Reforms (1974-89)
Universities Speak Up
The Organized Teacher Voice (1965-2000)
Business Calls for Educational Improvements
Future Choices, Disparate Voices.
Edition Notes
Rev. ed. of: Reforming Boston schools, 1930-2006. 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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