Small schools and urban youth : using the power of school culture to engage students / Gilberto Q. Conchas, Louie F. Rodriguez ; foreword by Hugh "Bud" Mehan.
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TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2008.Description: xxviii, 134 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781412939331 (cloth)
- 141293933X (cloth)
- 9781412939348 (pbk.)
- 1412939348 (pbk.)
- Education, Urban -- California -- Oakland -- Case studies
- Education, Urban -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies
- Urban youth -- Education (Secondary) -- California -- Oakland -- Case studies
- Urban youth -- Education (Secondary) -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies
- Small schools -- California -- Oakland -- Case studies
- Small schools -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Case studies
- C66 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Digging beneath the layers of school reform: size, culture, and personalization -- California career academies: how structure and culture create optimism among low-income urban youth -- Structuring competition and teamwork: reproducing the status-quo and challenging inequality side-by-side -- The case of Boston: how "small" schools forge academic and relational possibilities in the urban context -- Beneath school structure: how school culture shapes relational and academic engagement of urban high school students in Boston -- Beyond school size: toward a critical understanding of school culture.
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