URSI
100--Introduction to the City
Education in the City
Public Education as a system
Task of public schools
>education
>poverty
>racism
>family dynamics
>worker training
Coleman report (1966)
>de facto segregation
>differences in funding explain small part of differences in pupil achievement
>family background explains greater part of differences in achievement
>classmates’ background also explains significant part of achievement differences
Issues
>School financing (disparities between school systems)
>School busing (addressing de facto segregation vs. neighborhood schools)
>Bilingual education (many non-native speakers want their children to speak English)
>Competition in the system
--vouchers
--charter schools
Based on LEVY, J.M. 2000. Urban
© 2003 A.J.Filipovitch
Revised 1 January 06