Reforming Boston schools, 1930-2006 : overcoming corruption and racial segregation / Joseph Marr Cronin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cronin, Joseph M.

Series:

Palgrave studies in urban education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban schools--Massachusetts--Boston--Case studies.

Urban schools.

Educational change--Massachusetts--Boston--Case studies.

Educational change.

Discrimination in education--Massachusetts--Boston--Case studies.

Discrimination in education.

Educational equalization--Massachusetts--Boston--Case studies.

Educational equalization.

Massachusetts--Boston.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

x, 269 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.

Summary:

Boston's schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions and the struggles of Boston teachers before and after collective bargaining. The contributions of universities, corporations, and political leaders to restore academic achievement are evaluated by one who observed Boston schools for forty years.

Contents:

Boston schools : the height of loyalty and ethnic exits, l920-40

Boston teachers express their voices, 1920-65

School reform postponed, l940-l962

Black voices for equal education, and the White response, 1960-74

The court orders reforms, 1974-89

Universities speak up

The organized teacher voice, 1965-2000

Business calls for educational improvements

Future choices, disparate voices.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-261) and index.

ISBN:

0230604013

9780230604018

OCLC:

162507345