The World We Created at Hamilton High

by Gerald Grant

Book Overview

In this wonderfully evocative picture of an urban American high school and its successes and setbacks over the past thirty-five years, Gerald Grant works out a unique perspective on what makes a good school: one that asserts moral and intellectual authority without becoming rigidly doctrinaire or losing the precious gains in equality of opportunity that have been won at great cost.

Grant describes what happened inside Hamilton High (a real...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067496201X
• ISBN13: 9780674962019
• Release Date: March 1990
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.4"