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Challenges of Urban Education: Sociological Perspectives for the Next Century »

Authors: Karen A. McClafferty (Editor), Theodore R. Mitchell (Editor), Carlos Alberto Torres
ISBN-13: 9780791444337, ISBN-10: 0791444333
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: February 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Karen A. McClafferty

Book Synopsis

	Tables and Figures
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Critical Issues in Urban Education and Challenges for the Sociology of Education
	Introduction: Challenges of the New Sociology of Urban Education	3
Ch. 1	Power, Meaning, and Identity: Critical Sociology of Education in the United States	19
Ch. 2	Social Theory and Educational Research: Reframing the Quantitative-Qualitative Distinction through a Critical Theory of Methodology	47
Ch. 3	Sociology of Education and Urban Education Policy	79
Pt. II	Empirical Perspectives on Urban Education
Ch. 4	Where Neoliberal Ideology Meets Social Context: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. Charter Schools and England's Grant-Maintained Schools	99
Ch. 5	Corporations and Classrooms: A Critical Examination of the Business Agenda for Urban School Reform	127
Ch. 6	A Comparative Analysis of Existing Secondary School Discipline Policies: Implications for Improving Practice and School Safety	175
Ch. 7	Modeling the Effects of Changing Demography on Student Learning: Applications Designed to Change School District Practices	195
Ch. 8	Gangsta Pedagogy and Ghettocentricity: The Hip-Hop Nation as Counterpublic Sphere	227
Ch. 9	Battlin' Nihilism at an Urban High School: Pedagogy, Perseverance, and Hope	271
Pt. III	In Conclusion: Reflections on the Dilemmas of Urban Education Reform
Ch. 10	Gaps, Bridges, and Buffers in the Research, Policy, and Practice of Urban Education: A Dialogue	299
Ch. 11	Memoirs of Urban Education Policymakers: A Dialogue among Three Former Urban School Superintendents	313
	The Contributors	335
	Index	341

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