In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform /

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As a teacher, principal, and superintendent-- first in his native Philadelphia and eventually in Oakland, California-- Foster made success stories of urban schools and children whom others had dismissed as hopeless, only to be assassinated in 1973 by the previously unknown Symbionese Liberation Army...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Spencer, John Palmer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Politics and culture in modern America.
Temas:
Foster, Marcus A., > 1923-1973.
Foster, Marcus A., > 1923-1973
African Americans > Education.
Educational change > United States.
African American school principals > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African American school superintendents > California > Oakland.
Urban schools > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Urban schools > California > Oakland.
Noirs américains > Éducation.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
Directeurs d'école noirs américains > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Directeurs régionaux de l'enseignement noirs américains > Californie > Oakland.
Écoles urbaines > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Écoles urbaines > Californie > Oakland.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
African American school principals
African American school superintendents
African Americans > Education
Educational change
Urban schools
California > Oakland
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:As a teacher, principal, and superintendent-- first in his native Philadelphia and eventually in Oakland, California-- Foster made success stories of urban schools and children whom others had dismissed as hopeless, only to be assassinated in 1973 by the previously unknown Symbionese Liberation Army in a bizarre protest against an allegedly racist school system. Foster's story encapsulates larger social changes in the decades after World War II. By focusing on an educator who worked in the trenches and had a reputation for bridging divisions, Spencer sheds new light on the continuing ideological debates over race, poverty, and achievement.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (304 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-291) and index.
ISBN:1283898284
9781283898287
9780812207668
0812207661

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