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Breaking free : public school lessons and the imperative of school choice / Sol Stern.
Van Pelt Library LB1027.9 .S84 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stern, Sol, 1935-2025.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School choice--United States.
- School choice.
- United States.
- Poor children--Education--United States.
- Poor children.
- Poor children--Education.
- Education, Urban--United States.
- Education, Urban.
- Physical Description:
- 248 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Encounter Books, [2003]
- Summary:
- Stern explores the growing demand for school choice among poor families in the inner city. Filled with timely insights and human drama, he vividly describes how even cash-starved schools can overcome educational obstacles.
- Contents:
- My Public School Lessons
- 1 P.S. 87: The Dream School of the Upper West Side 17
- 2 In the Middle 39
- 3 Stuyvesant High School's Dirty Little Secret 65
- Union Dues
- 4 Our Teachers and Their Union 101
- 5 Public Education's Twilight Zone 129
- 6 Shake the Money Tree 147
- The Imperative of School Choice
- 7 Catholic School Lessons 169
- 8 The Schools That Vouchers Built 193
- 9 The Imperative of School Choice 215.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1893554074
- OCLC:
- 51454538
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