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
Autor principal: Spencer, John Palmer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Foster, Marcus A., > 1923-1973.
Urban schools.
Educational change.
African Americans > Education.
African American school superintendents.
African American school principals.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
Écoles urbaines > Californie > Oakland.
Écoles urbaines > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Directeurs regionaux de l'enseignement noirs americains > Californie > Oakland.
Directeurs d'ecole noirs americains > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
Enseignement > Reforme > États-Unis.
Noirs americains > Éducation.
Urban schools > California > Oakland.
Urban schools > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
African American school superintendents > California > Oakland.
African American school principals > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Educational change > United States.
United States.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
California > Oakland.
Electronic books.
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 (312 pages).
ISBN:9780812207668

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