City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education
Series: Multicultural Education Series Author: Pedro A. Noguera Category: Books for Educators, Community Engagement, Diversity and Inclusion, Poverty and Homelessness, Prejudice and Racism, Social Reform and Policy, Town and CIty Life Publisher: Teachers College Press Language: English Reading Age: Educators or Parents More DetailsWhat will it take for urban schools to achieve the kind of academic performance required by new state and national educational standards? How can classroom teachers in city schools help to close the achievement gap? What can restore public confidence in public schools?
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.
City Schools and the American Dream: Reclaiming the Promise of Public Education (Multicultural Education Series)
Written by Pedro A. Noguera
Edited by James A. Banks
Source: Publisher (Teachers College Press)
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