Politics, Language, and Culture: A Critical Look at Urban School Reform

by Joseph W. Check

Politics, language, and culture are three of the most powerful forces affecting education today, yet they have been little discussed in relation to systemic school reform, the new status quo of urban schools. This book looks at their effects through the eyes of teachers, administrators, and insider/outsiders who are actually living reform at the school level in four widely different urban school systems: Chicago, San Francisco and Oakland, California,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897896475
• ISBN13: 9780897896474
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 10.0"