New Hope for Urban High Schools: Cultural Reform, Moral Leadership, and Community Partnership

by Lisa Gonsalves and John Leonard

The last sixty years have seen tremendous strides in high school education. More young people of all races and backgrounds are graduating from high school, with more credits in tougher courses, than ever before. However, our dropout rate is still too high and far too many graduates are not prepared for college. High school reform for city schools has been particularly challenging where poverty and racism have undermined the high school experience...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275991652
• ISBN13: 9780275991654
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.4" x 6.5"