Improbable Scholars: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America's Schools
- ISBN-10
- 0199333351
- ISBN-13
- 9780199333356
- Category
- Educational equalization
- Pages
- 262
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Author
- David L. Kirp
Description
"In Improbable Scholars, David L. Kirp challenges the conventional wisdom about public schools and education reform in America through an in-depth look at Union City, New Jersey's high-performing urban school district. In this compelling study, Kirp reveals Union's city's revolutionary secret: running an exemplary school system doesn't demand heroics, just hard and steady work"--
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- 2015-05-13
- 272 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press
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- 2013-03-12
- 256 pages
- Ebook
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