Challenges of Urban Education and Efficacy of School Reform

by Richard C. Hunter

Urban education is the primary target of the school reform movement and remains the most difficult to assess and repair. The crisis in urban school systems mirrors many of the problems found in big cities - poor economic conditions for schools and families, personnel shortages and high turnover rates, improper facilities and materials, and political struggles over issues of structure and control. This book analyses the problems affecting urban schools...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076230426X
• ISBN13: 9780762304264
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Jai Press Inc.
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.1"