Central Park East and Its Graduates

by David Bensman

Book Overview

In 1974, Central Park East Elementary School (CPE) in East Harlem opened its doors with a mission to provide inner-city children with the finest educators and pedagogy available. Instead of saying that the old neighborhood had to be torn down and students more rigidly tracked, the reformers dared to ask the question, What would happen if we gave inner-city students the best education the country has to offer? The results of this bottom-up reform were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807739928
• ISBN13: 9780807739921
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 155 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 8.9"