Shuttered schools : race, community, and school closures in American cities

• Other Authors: Duncan-Shippy, Ebony M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2019]
• Series: Research on African American education.
• Subjects: School closings > United States.; Community and school > United States.; African American students > Attitudes.; Gentrification > Social aspects > United States.; Education and state > United States.; Racism in education > United States.; Education > Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects.; Relating to African American, Black American people.; Philosophy and theory of education.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806606832
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-64113-610-5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (372 pages)

Since the late 1990s, mass school closures have reshaped urban education across the United States. Popular media coverage and research reports link this resurgence of school closures in major cities like Chicago and Philadelphia to charter school expansion, municipal budget deficits, and racial segr...