City schools and the American dream : reclaiming the promise of public education / Pedro A. Noguera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noguera, Pedro.

Series:

Multicultural education series (New York, N.Y.)

Multicultural education series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban schools--United States.

Urban schools.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

United States.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xvi, 189 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Teachers College Press, [2003]

Summary:

Pedro Noguera argues that higher standards and more tests, by themselves, will not make low-income urban students any smarter and the schools they attend more successful without substantial investment in the communities in which they live. Drawing on extensive research performed in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and Richmond, Noguera demonstrates how school and student achievement is influenced by social forces such as demographic change, poverty, drug trafficking, violence, and social inequity. Readers get a detailed glimpse into the lives of teachers and students working "against the odds" to succeed. Noguera sends a strong message to those who would have urban schools "shape up or shut down": invest in the future of these students and schools, and we can reach the kind of achievement and success that typify only more privileged communities. Public schools are the last best hope for many poor families living in cities across the nation. Noguera gives politicians, policymakers, and the public its own standard to achieve, provide the basic economic and social support so that teachers and students can get the job done!

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index.

ISBN:

0807743828

080774381X

OCLC:

52350035