Detroit School Reform in Comparative Contexts
Community Action Overcoming Policy Barriers
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 undermining students’ academic success, along with the positive effects of churches and service centers as mitigating forces. The authors focus on a range of topics and issues including market competition, urban decline, community resources, testing and accountability, smaller schools, and engaged learning. The volume illustrates how action studies by engaged scholars working with community activists empowers students to overcome emerging barriers.
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 undermining students’ academic success, along with the positive effects of churches and service centers as mitigating forces. The authors focus on a range of topics and issues including market competition, urban decline, community resources, testing and accountability, smaller schools, and engaged learning. The volume illustrates how action studies by engaged scholars working with community activists empowers students to overcome emerging barriers.
Autor: | St. John, Edward girmay, feven |
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ISBN: | 9783030190101 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Verlag: | Springer Nature EN |
Veröffentlicht: | 24.07.2019 |
Untertitel: | Community Action Overcoming Policy Barriers |
Schlagworte: | B Bildungsstrategien und -politik Central / national / federal government policies Education Policy Educational sociology Education and sociology Education and state Pädagogik Regional-/Stadtökonomie Regional and Spatial Economics Social Sciences Sociology Sociology, Urban Sociology of Education Urban Sociology Urban Studies/Sociology Urban communities urban economics |
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