Alia Tyner-Mullings
Author
Publisher
Paradigm Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This is an in-depth examination of public school alternatives to traditional educational models in the US. This book analyses how urban education can respond to a system growing increasingly standardised and privatised. As an example, Central Park East Secondary School (CPESS), a public alternative schooling model, successfully served predominantly low-income and minority students. It also changed the New York City public school system while promoting...