public policy, urban education, and a new social movement /
Jean Anyon
New York :
Routledge,
2005
xv, 240 p. ;
23 cm
The critical social thought series
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-228) and index
I: Federal policy and urban education -- The economic is political -- Federal policies maintain urban poverty -- Taxing rich and poor -- New hope for urban students -- II: Metropolitan inequities -- Jobs and public transit mismatches -- Regional housing reform as education reform -- Local challenges to federal and regional mandates -- III: Social movements, new public policy, and urban educational reform -- How do people become involved in political contention? -- Building a new social movement -- Putting education at the center