Creating the suburban school advantage : race, localism, and inequality in an American metropolis

Creating the suburban school advantage race, localism, and inequality in an American metropolis

"This book describes how an ethos of localism and racial exclusion created a perceived and real advantage for suburban school districts in the postwar era, focusing on developments in metropolitan Kansas City"--

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rury, John L., 1951- autor (autor)
Format: Book
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press 2020
Edition:First published 2020 by Cornell University Press
Series:Histories of American education
Subjects:
Discriminación en la enseñanza > Estados Unidos.
Racismo y educación
Educación > Estados Unidos > Historia.
Educación > Aspectos sociales > Estados Unidos > Historia.
Escuelas > Estados Unidos > Historia
Enseñanza pública > Estados Unidos > Historia > s. XX.
Enseñanza pública > Aspectos sociales > Estados Unidos.
See on Universidad de Navarra:https://unika.unav.edu/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991002643539708016&context=L&vid=34UNAV_INST:VU1&search_scope=34UNAV_TODO&tab=34UNAV_TODO&lang=es
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : educating the divided metropolis
  • Suburban and urban schools : two sides of a national metropolitan coin
  • Uniting and dividing a heartland metropolis : growth and inequity in postwar Kansas City
  • Fall from grace : the transformation of an urban school system
  • Racialized advantage : the Missouri suburban school districts
  • Conflict in suburbia : localism, race and education in Johnson County, Kansas
  • Epilogue : an enduring legacy of inequality

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