Good Schools Poor Neighborhoods: Defying Demographics, Achieving Success

by Beatriz Chu Clewell, Patricia B. Campbell, Lesley Perlman

Book Overview

Good Schools in Poor Neighborhoods contrasts highly effective schools serving urban, low-income, minority youth with their more typical, struggling counterparts. Highlighted are two disparate schools: one serving predominately African American students in a large northeastern city and one serving Latino students in a southwestern urban area. Through solid data from original research, as well as lively vignettes and vivid quotes from principals, teachers,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087766742X
• ISBN13: 9780877667421
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.