High stakes education : inequality, globalization, and urban school reform / Pauline Lipman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipman, Pauline, 1944-

Series:

Critical social thought.

Critical social thought series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education.

Chicago (Ill.).

Education, Urban--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

Education, Urban.

Discrimination in education--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

Discrimination in education.

School improvement programs--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

School improvement programs.

Educational accountability--Social aspects--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

Educational accountability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book analyses the ways in which schools in urban areas are shaped and influenced by social, economic and political forces within the social environment. Utilizing research from schools in Chicago, the book will show how schools attempt to

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; CHAPTER 1 Globalization, Economic Restructuring, and Urban Education; CHAPTER 2 Chicago School Reform and Its Political, Economic, and Cultural Context; CHAPTER 3 Accountability, Social Differentiation, and Racialized Social Control; CHAPTER 4 "Like a Hammer Just Knocking Them Down"; CHAPTER 5 The Policies and Politics of Cultural Assimilation; CHAPTER 6 "It's Us versus the Board—The Enemy"; CHAPTER 7 Beyond Accountability; Methodological Appendix; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-135-95153-5

1-280-17534-6

0-203-46550-4

9780203465509

OCLC:

475894059