Changing Classes: School Reform and the New Economy

by Martin Packer

Book Overview

Changing Classes tells the story of Willow Run, a small, poor, ethnically-mixed town in Michigan's rust belt, a community in turmoil over the announced closing of a nearby auto assembly plant. As teachers and administrators began to find ways to make schooling more relevant to working-class children, two large-scale school reform initiatives swept into town: the Governor's market-place reforms and the National Science Foundation's state systemic initiative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521645409
• ISBN13: 9780521645409
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"