1st Edition

Urban High Schools Foundations and Possibilities

By Annette B. Hemmings Copyright 2012
168 Pages
by Routledge

166 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

This multidisciplinary overview introduces readers to the historical, sociological, anthropological, and political foundations of urban public secondary schooling and to possibilities for reform. Focused on critical and problematic elements, the text provides a comprehensive description and analyses of urban public high schooling through different yet intertwined disciplinary lenses. Students and... Read more

Preface

Part I: Foundations

1: Historical Context

2: Sociological Basics

3: Anthropological Perspectives

4: Political Insights

Part II: Possibilities

5: Setting the Local School Stage

6: Past, Present, and Promising School Reforms

References

Appendices

Biography

Annette B. Hemmings is Professor, School of Education, Edgewood College.