Grant, Gerald. <br/><br/>
Hope and despair in the American city :  why there are no bad schools in Raleigh / 
Gerald Grant. 
 - 1st Harvard University pbk. ed. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  2011. 
 - 230 p. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> "A new postscript brings this paperback edition up to date."--P. [4] of cover. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-213) and index. 
<br/><br/>What happened to America's cities? -- Can this neighborhood be saved? -- Three reconstructions of Raleigh -- There are no bad schools in Raleigh -- A tragic decision -- What should we hope for? -- Epilogue -- Postscript. 
<br/><br/> Grant compares two cities (Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina) to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674060265 0674060261 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012376247 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>School improvement programs--North Carolina--Raleigh--Case studies.<br/>Mejoramiento de programas escolares--Estudio de casos.<br/>Escuelas urbanas--Estados Unidos--Estudio de casos..<br/>Urban schools--United States--Case studies.<br/>Urban renewal--United States--Case studies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LB 2822.83  / G761h 2011