Description
Changing Classes tells the story of Willow Run, a small, poor, ethnically-mixed town in Michigan's rust belt, a community in turmoil over the announced closing of a nearby auto assembly plant. As teachers and administrators began to find ways to make schooling more relevant to working-class children, two large-scale school reform initiatives swept into town: the Governor's "market-place" reforms and the National Science Foundation's "state systemic initiative." Against the backdrop of a post-fordist economy, the author shows complex linkages at work as society structures the development of children to adulthood.
Book Details
Format
Hardcover
Pages
336 pages
Language
English
Published
Nov 27, 2000
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Editions
2 editions
ISBN-10
0521642345
ISBN-13
9780521642347