Dismantled: The Breakup of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1980-2016

by Leanne Kang

Dismantled is an accessible, critical look at the devolution of local power in the Detroit public school system. The author examines the rise of charter schools and other private enterprises, the eclipse of control from local actors to new players and influences, and the invaluable lessons the experience holds for urban school systems nationwide. Kang provides a compelling narrative of this shift in power beginning in the 1980s and leading to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807763829
• ISBN13: 9780807763827
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.8"