From headlines to documentaries, urban schools are at the center of current debates about education. From these accounts, one would never know that 51 million Americans live in rural communities and d
This timely book examines the complex and varied relations between educational institutions and societies at war. Drawn from the pages of the Harvard Educational Review, the essays provide multiple p
A two-year study, consisting of interviews, focus groups, and classroom observations, followed five high-performing urban charter schools serving predominantly low-income, minority youth in Massachuse