An edition of The street stops here (2008)

The street stops here

a year at a Catholic high school in Harlem

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An edition of The street stops here (2008)

The street stops here

a year at a Catholic high school in Harlem

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""There are two Harlems," observes Patrick J. McCloskey in this engrossing narrative. "One bursts with new hope, while the other has remained marooned on the edge of the mainstream for generations." The problem, he asserts, is the enormous difficulty urban minority children face in getting a quality education. The Street Stops Here offers a deeply personal and compelling account of this struggle in a controversial setting, a Catholic high school in central Harlem, where mostly disadvantaged (and often non-Catholic) African American young men graduate on time and get into college. Interweaving vivid portraits of day-to-day school life with clear and even-handed analysis, McCloskey takes us through an eventful year at Rice High School, as staff, students, and families make heroic efforts to prevail against society's negative expectations. McCloskey's riveting narrative brings into sharp relief an urgent public policy question: whether (and how) to save these schools, which provide the only educational hope for thousands of poor and working-class students - and thus fulfill a crucial public mandate. Just as significantly, The Street Stops Here offers invaluable lessons for low-performing urban public schools."--Jacket.

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Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem
2010, University of California Press
in English
Cover of: Street Stops Here
Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem
2009, University of California Press
in English
Cover of: Street Stops Here
Street Stops Here: A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem
2009, University of California Press
in English
Cover of: The street stops here
The street stops here: a year at a Catholic high school in Harlem
2008, University of California Press
in English
Cover of: The street stops here
The street stops here: a year at a Catholic high school in Harlem
2008, University of California Press
in English

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Edition Notes

"A George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Jacket flap.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-439) and index.

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Berkeley
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The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies

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Dewey Decimal Class
371.071/27471
Library of Congress
LC503.N5 M38 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 456 p., [16] p. of plates :
Number of pages
456

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Open Library
OL22852441M
Internet Archive
streetstopsherey0000mccl
ISBN 10
0520255178
ISBN 13
9780520255173
LCCN
2007047490
OCLC/WorldCat
181910148
Library Thing
7632672
Goodreads
5789560

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