In the crossfire : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform / John P. Spencer.
As a teacher, principal, and superintendent-- first in his native Philadelphia and eventually in Oakland, California-- Foster made success stories of urban schools and children whom others had dismissed as hopeless, only to be assassinated in 1973 by the previously unknown Symbionese Liberation Army...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2012.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Politics and culture in modern America.
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| Summary: | As a teacher, principal, and superintendent-- first in his native Philadelphia and eventually in Oakland, California-- Foster made success stories of urban schools and children whom others had dismissed as hopeless, only to be assassinated in 1973 by the previously unknown Symbionese Liberation Army in a bizarre protest against an allegedly racist school system. Foster's story encapsulates larger social changes in the decades after World War II. By focusing on an educator who worked in the trenches and had a reputation for bridging divisions, Spencer sheds new light on the continuing ideological debates over race, poverty, and achievement. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-291) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1283898284 9781283898287 9780812207668 0812207661 |