A sober yet encouraging look at how urban public schools have confronted challenges, defied expectations, and continued to improve

Over a decade ago, the first edition of City Schools and the American Dream debuted just as reformers were gearing up to make sweeping changes in urban educatio

A sober yet encouraging look at how urban public schools have confronted challenges, defied expectations, and continued to improve In The Enduring Promise of Am

How It’s Being Done offers much-needed help to educators, providing detailed accounts of the ways in which unexpected schools—those with high-poverty and hi

Summary: The author "offers portraits of three high-performing urban schools that have made character development central to their mission. [The book] highlight