Left Behind: Urban High Schools and the Failure of Market Reform

by Victoria J. Milazzo Bigelow, Kim Callahan Lijana, Edward P. St. John, et al.

Book Overview

Urban schools are falling short of preparing students for college.

In Left Behind, a team of education scholars led by Edward P. St. John argues that American cities have been engaged for the past three decades in a radical--but failing--effort to transform general and vocational high schools into college preparatory institutions. By examining the educational reforms in four urban charter schools across the United States and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421417871
• ISBN13: 9781421417875
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher