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Hardcover In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform Book

ISBN: 0812244354

ISBN13: 9780812244359

In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform

(Part of the Politics and Culture in Modern America Series)

As media reports declare crisis after crisis in public education, Americans find themselves hotly debating educational inequalities that seem to violate their nation's ideals. Why does success in school track so closely with race and socioeconomic status? How to end these apparent achievement gaps? In the Crossfire brings historical perspective to these debates by tracing the life and work of Marcus Foster, an African American educator who struggled...

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