Enter the Alternative School: Critical Answers to Questions in Urban Education

by Alia R Tyner-Mullings and Alia R. Tyner-Mullings

Book Overview

Enter the Alternative School is an in-depth examination of public school alternatives to traditional educational models. This book analyzes how urban education can respond to a system growing increasingly standardized and privatized. As an example, Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a public alternative schooling model, successfully served predominantly low-income and minority students. It also changed the New York City public school system...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612052983
• ISBN13: 9781612052984
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.4"