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245 1. $a Dismantled $d Texte imprimé $e the breakup of an urban school system $e Detroit, 1980-2016 $f Leanne Kang
260 .1 $a New York (N.Y.) $c Teachers College Press $i 2020
280 .. $a 1 vol. (x-133 p.) $d 24 cm
300 .. $a Notes bibliogr. Index
330 .. $a "All across America, our largest city school districts have been rapidly and dramatically
changing. From Chicago to Detroit in the Midwest to Newark and New York in the East,
charter schools continue to crop up everywhere while traditional public schools are
shuttered. In what remains of public schools, school boards are increasingly bypassed
or suspended by state-appointed managers who are often non-local actors and public
services are increasingly privatized. This book tells the story of how as early as
the 1980s, reform efforts-both state and federal-have essentially transformed Detroit's
school system by introducing new education players like Betsy DeVos, who have gradually
eclipsed local actors for the control of schools. I argue that Detroit's embittered
school wars are fought between two fronts: a dwindling regime of native school leaders
and local constituents (i.e., teachers, parents, students, community activists, etc.)
against the ascension of new and outside managers. It is a story that captures the
greatest school organizational change since the Progressive Era"
