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Opportunity Lost: Race and Poverty in the Memphis City Schools Pohlmann, Marcus
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Brand
- Brand: Univ Tennessee Press
- Style
- ABIS_BOOK
- ISBN
- 9781572336384
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press
ISBN-10
1572336382
ISBN-13
9781572336384
eBay Product ID (ePID)
66268063
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Opportunity Lost : Race and Poverty in the Memphis City Schools
Subject
Finance, Regional Studies, General, History
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Social Science, Education
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2008-017197
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
379.2/630976819
Synopsis
In Opportunity Lost, Marcus D. Pohlmann examines the troubling issue of why Memphis city school students are underperforming at alarming rates. His provocative interdisciplinary analysis, combining both history and social science, examines the events before and after desegregation, compares a city school to an affluent suburban school to pinpoint imbalances, and offers critical assessments of various educational reforms. Employing a rich trove of data to demonstrate the realities of racial and economic inequality, Pohlmann underscores the difficulties that plague the urban schools and their students-problems that persist despite the fact that the city schools often have more resource advantages than the county schools: better student-to-teacher ratios, more teachers with advanced degrees, and even greater spending on each student. Pohlmann demonstrates that post-industrial economic shifts and continuing racial exclusion have resulted in a predominance of low-income students at these schools. This economic disadvantage has had a lasting impact on performance among students at all grade levels and has not been reversed simply by increasing resources. In addition to his analysis of the problems, Pohlmann lays out educational reforms that run the gamut from early intervention and parental involvement to increasing class size and teacher compensation, improving time utilization, and more. Pohlmann's illuminating and original study has wide application for a problem that bedevils inner-city children everywhere and prevents the promise of equality from reaching all of our nation's citizens.
LC Classification Number
LC212.623.M45P64
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