Embracing Risk in Urban Education: Curiosity, Creativity, and Courage in the Era of No Excuses and Relay Race Reform

by Alice E. Ginsberg

Book Overview

Ginsberg argues that in the effort to reduce the achievement gap and mitigate the pejorative label of "at-risk," we are in danger of eliminating risk from education entirely. This is especially the case in urban schools with large numbers of poor and minority students. Ginsberg explores alternative approaches to student achievement at four dynamic Philadelphia public schools.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607099489
• ISBN13: 9781607099482
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.3"