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Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform
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Ghetto Schooling: A Political Economy of Urban Educational Reform

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In this personal account, originally published in 1997, Jean Anyon provides evidence that the economic and political devastation of America’s inner cities has robbed schools and teachers of the capacity to successfully implement current strategies of educational reform. She argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and the redirection of major resources back into the schools and the communities they serve, urban schools are consigned to failure, and no effort at raising standards, improving teaching, or boosting achievement can occur. Based on her participation in an intensive four-year school reform project in the Newark, New Jersey public schools, the author vividly captures the anguish and anger of students and teachers caught in the tangle of a failing school system. Ghetto Schooling offers a penetrating historical analysis of more than a century of government and business policies that have drained the economic, political and human resources of urban populations. This book reveals the historical roots of the current crisis in ghetto schools and what must be done to reverse the downward spiral.

“Anyon helpfully returns our attention to the tougher issues of race, class and urban neglect . . . and in the process reminds us of possible solutions.”
The New York Times Book Review

“Essential reading for anyone concerned with the history and current reality of urban education.”
The Journal of American History

“This important book is recommended for educators, sociologists, city planners, and public policy decision makers.”
Library Journal

LanguageEnglish
Release dateSep 19, 1997
ISBN9780807776490
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    Anyon does a great job of providing the historical, social and economic background of Newark, New Jersey and how this history impacted the school climate and culture of the area. It's an impressive body of research which I'm sure took years to assemble. I enjoyed the political and economic policy discussion but it was a rather heavy and dry beginning to the book. I kept waiting for the....and what do we do about it moments. Unfortunately this came at the very end of the book; but even her ideas around rallying for social justice weren't detailed or applicable enough for those of us working around school reform efforts.

    There were some glimmers of practical information when she spoke about the Marcy School. However, I am not sure that I believe in generational poverty and if that is true condition. Just by saying there is a culture of poverty in any area or population feels very judgmental and certainly not a strengths-based approach. The title of this book was also a bit off-putting. Ghetto=Urban: I think not.

    This is more of an academic treatise versus a what-can-we-do guide.