TY - BOOK ID - 77879919 TI - Hope and despair in the American city PY - 2009 SN - 0674053923 9780674053922 9780674032941 0674032942 0674264037 PB - Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press DB - UniCat KW - School improvement programs KW - Urban schools KW - Urban renewal KW - Inner city schools KW - City schools KW - Schools KW - Improvement programs, School KW - Instructional improvement programs KW - Programs, School improvement KW - School self-improvement programs KW - School management and organization UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77879919 AB - In Hope and Despair, Gerald Grant compares two cities - his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The result is an ambitious portrait - sometimes disturbing, often inspiring - of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as a passionate exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today. ER -