Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education

The book challenges researchers and public figures who draw on a cultural explanation for educational underachievement, positing instead that a structural explanation is at play and employing the voices of youth to illustrate the lamentable state of education in the inner city.

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Published inHarvard Educational Review Vol. 80; no. 2; pp. 284 - 286
Main Author Cooper, Kristy S
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Harvard Education Press 01.07.2010
Subjects
Case Studies
College Preparation
Cosby, Bill
Education
Educational Objectives
Educational Quality
Equal Education
Kozol, Jonathan
Racial discrimination
Students
Studies
Theoharis, Jeanne
Urban schools
New York
Los Angeles California
United States > US
New York City New York
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Summary:The book challenges researchers and public figures who draw on a cultural explanation for educational underachievement, positing instead that a structural explanation is at play and employing the voices of youth to illustrate the lamentable state of education in the inner city.
ISSN:0017-8055
1943-5045
DOI:10.17763/1943-5045-80.2.284