Hope and Despair in the American City : : Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh / / Gerald Grant.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada)
• VerfasserIn: Grant, Gerald,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. What Happened to America's Cities? --; 2 Can This Neighborhood Be Saved? --; 3. Three Reconstructions of Raleigh --; 4. There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh --; 5. A Tragic Decision --; 6. What Should We Hope For? --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674053922; 9783110756067; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674053922?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Gerald Grant.

In Hope and Despair, Gerald Grant compares two cities - his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The result is an ambitious portrait - sometimes disturbing, often inspiring - of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as a passionate exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today.