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Considers legislation to extend Federal aid to public schools in economically depressed areas and in areas of major natural disasters. Includes "The Story of the Special Summer Schools," by the Chicago Public Schools (1963. p. 153-210).
Considers legislation to extend Federal aid to public schools in economically depressed areas and in areas of major natural disasters. Includes "The Story of the Special Summer Schools," by the Chicago Public Schools (1963. p. 153-210).
The Roots of Educational Inequality chronicles the transformation of one American high school over the course of the twentieth century to explore the larger political, economic, and social factors that have contributed to the escalation of educational inequality in modern America. In 1914, when Germantown High School officially opened, Martin G. Brumbaugh, the superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, told residents that they had one of the finest high schools in the nation. Located in a suburban neighborhood in Philadelphia's northwest corner, the school provided Germantown youth with a first-rate education and the necessary credentials to secure a prosperous future. In 2013, a...