Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform
Jean Anyon argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and the redirection of major resources back into the schools and the communities they serve, urban schools are consigned to failure, and no effort at raising standards, improving teaching, or boosting achievement can occur.
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Jean Anyon argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and the redirection of major resources back into the schools and the communities they serve, urban schools are consigned to failure, and no effort at raising standards, improving teaching, or boosting achievement can occur. Library Journal Writing passionately from her experience of working for reform in the inner-city schools of Newark, New Jersey, Anyon (dean, education, Rutgers Univ.) argues that reform must include efforts to restore the political power and economic opportunities that have been lost to inner-city residents over the past 80 years. A sense of hope and the chance for a semblance of the lifestyle enjoyed by those in the surrounding suburbs is a requisite, according to Anyon, for allowing children in minority-dominated inner-city schools to succeed. Anyon shows the effects of decisions based on social class and race while providing a historical study of government actions related to education in Newark that can be extrapolated to other poor areas. This important book is recommended for educators, sociologists, city planners, and public policy decisionmakers.Scott Johnson, Meridian Community Coll. Lib., Miss.
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1Cities, Urban Schools, and Current Visions of Educational Reform32Social Class, Race, and Educational Reform at Marcy School143Industrial Strength, Educational Reform, and the Immigrant Poor: 1860-1929414Beginning of the Decline: The 1930s575Pauperization of the City and Its Schools: 1945-1960756Organized Crime and Municipal and Educational Chaos: The 1960s997Class, Race, Taxes, and State Educational Reform: 1970-19971298Revisiting Marcy School: Lessons from History and a New Vision of Reform151References187Index205About the Author217
\ Library JournalWriting passionately from her experience of working for reform in the inner-city schools of Newark, New Jersey, Anyon (dean, education, Rutgers Univ.) argues that reform must include efforts to restore the political power and economic opportunities that have been lost to inner-city residents over the past 80 years. A sense of hope and the chance for a semblance of the lifestyle enjoyed by those in the surrounding suburbs is a requisite, according to Anyon, for allowing children in minority-dominated inner-city schools to succeed. Anyon shows the effects of decisions based on social class and race while providing a historical study of government actions related to education in Newark that can be extrapolated to other poor areas. This important book is recommended for educators, sociologists, city planners, and public policy decisionmakers.Scott Johnson, Meridian Community Coll. Lib., Miss.\ \
