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The Resource In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform, John P. Spencer

In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform, John P. Spencer

Label
In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform
Title
In the crossfire
Title remainder
Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform
Statement of responsibility
John P. Spencer
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Member of
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
PU/DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Spencer, John Palmer
Dewey number
  • 370.92
  • B
Index
index present
LC call number
LA2317.F677
LC item number
S64 2012
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Politics and culture in modern America
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Foster, Marcus A
  • African Americans
  • Educational change
  • African American school principals
  • African American school superintendents
  • Urban schools
  • Urban schools
Label
In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform, John P. Spencer
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-291) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Schooling as social reform: racial uplift, liberalism, and the making of a black educator -- Combating cultural deprivation: urban educators and the war on poverty -- Victims, not hoodlums: urban schools and the crisis of liberalism -- Black power, "people power": holding schools accountable for black achievement -- Beyond community control: accountability and achievement in the Oakland public schools -- Epilogue: legacies of the 1960s in American school reform
Control code
ocn775271590
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
304 pages
Isbn
9780812244359
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2012002587
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Label
In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform, John P. Spencer
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-291) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Schooling as social reform: racial uplift, liberalism, and the making of a black educator -- Combating cultural deprivation: urban educators and the war on poverty -- Victims, not hoodlums: urban schools and the crisis of liberalism -- Black power, "people power": holding schools accountable for black achievement -- Beyond community control: accountability and achievement in the Oakland public schools -- Epilogue: legacies of the 1960s in American school reform
Control code
ocn775271590
Dimensions
24 cm.
Edition
First edition
Extent
304 pages
Isbn
9780812244359
Isbn Type
(hardcover : alk. paper)
Lccn
2012002587
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n

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