Author Description

Jean Anyon's Groundbreaking New Book Reveals The Influence Of Federal And Metropolitan Policies And Practices On The Poverty That Plagues Schools And Communities In American Cities And Segregated, Low-income Suburbs. Public Policies...such As Those Regulating The Minimum Wage, Job Availability, Tax Rates, Federal Transit, And Affordable Housing...all Create Conditions In Urban Areas That No Education Policy As Currently Conceived Can Transcend. In This First Book Since Her Best-selling Ghetto Schooling, Jean Anyon Argues That We Must Replace These Federal And Metro-area Policies With I: Federal Policy And Urban Education -- The Economic Is Political -- Federal Policies Maintain Urban Poverty -- Taxing Rich And Poor -- New Hope For Urban Students -- Ii: Metropolitan Inequities -- Jobs And Public Transit Mismatches -- Regional Housing Reform As Education Reform -- Local Challenges To Federal And Regional Mandates -- Iii: Social Movements, New Public Policy, And Urban Educational Reform -- How Do People Become Involved In Political Contention? -- Building A New Social Movement -- Putting Education At The Center. Jean Anyon. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 201-228) And Index. English