TY - BOOK ID - 137663741 TI - When schools work PY - 2022 SN - 1421442787 9781421442785 9781421442778 1421442779 PB - Baltimore DB - UniCat KW - Academic achievement KW - Education and state KW - Public schools KW - Educational change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137663741 AB - "The author delves into a promising mystery, challenging critics of public schools in America: Why did student learning climb for two decades in Los Angeles, which has the nation's second-largest public school district? The author discovers a colorful and pluralist politics of the city that sparked a variety of institutional reforms and yielded gains for students and teachers alike"-- ER -