The Children In Room E4: American Education On Trial

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The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial

With our nation's urban schools growing more segregated every year, Susan Eaton set out to see whether separate can ever really be equal. An award-winning journalist, Eaton spent four years at Simpson-Waverly Elementary School, an all-minority school in Hartford, Connecticut. Located in the poorest city in the wealthiest state in the nation, it is a glaring example of the great racial and economic divide found in almost every major urban center across the country.The Children in Room E4 is the compelling story of one student, one classroom, and one indomitable teacher, Ms. Luddy. In the midst of Band-Aid reforms and hotshot superintendents with empty promises, drug dealers and street gangs, Ms. Luddy's star student, Jeremy, and his fellow classmates face tremendous challenges both inside and outside of a school cut off from mainstream America.Meanwhile, across town, a team of civil rights lawyers fight an intrepid battle to end the de facto segregation that beleaguers Jeremy's school and hundreds of others across America.From inside the classroom and the courtroom, Eaton reveals the unsettling truths about an education system that leaves millions of children behind and gives voice to those who strive against overwhelming odds for a better future.

Specification of The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial

GENERAL
AuthorSusan Eaton
BindingHardcover
LanguageEnglish
Edition56701st
ISBN-10156512488
ISBN-139781565124882
PublisherAlgonquin Books
Publication Year2007
DIMENSIONS
Height6.26 inch.
Length1.5 inch.
Width9.26 inch.
Weight1.6 pounds.

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