Schools Betrayed – Roots of Failure in Inner–City Education - Hardcover

Neckerman, Kathryn M

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0226569608 ISBN 13: 9780226569604

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2007

Synopsis

Inner-city schools suffered from far fewer problems a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. In "Schools Betrayed", Kathryn M. Neckerman tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so poorly. Focusing on Chicago public schools between 1900 and 1960, Neckerman compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants, groups that had similarly little wealth and status yet ended up with vastly different educational outcomes. That difference, she argues, stemmed from officials' decision to deal with rising African American migration by segregating schools and denying black students equal resources - and it deepened because of techniques for managing failure that only reinforced inequality.

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About the Author

Kathryn M. Neckerman is executive director of the Center for Health and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226569608
• ISBN 13: 9780226569604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 340