{"product_id":"schools-betrayed-9780226569611","title":"Schools Betrayed","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInner-city schools suffered from far fewer problems a century ago, when black children in most northern cities attended school alongside white children. This title tells the story of how and why these schools came to serve black children so poorly. It compares the circumstances of blacks and white immigrants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of those rare books that will become a standard reference not only for social scientists, historians, and school officials, but for educated lay readers as well.... No previous study has provided a more definitive analysis of why so many black youngsters and their parents have lost faith in the public schools.\" - William Julius Wilson. \"Kathryn Neckerman's analysis provides a welcome antidote to much of the historical literature on American education, which rarely examines actual policy choices.... Segregation did harm blacks, as this fine book shows.\" - \"Journal of American History\"","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400062476631,"sku":"9780226569611","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226569611.jpg?v=1730469597","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/schools-betrayed-9780226569611","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}