Urban Education
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7078681 |
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| Authors | Alan R Sadovnik (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Ryan W Coughlan (0000-0003-3820-4212, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-14 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosu010.pub3 |
| OpenAlex | W4238110272 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Urban education has been the subject of ongoing discussions, with policies aimed at urban school improvement vigorously debated over the last 50 years. Since the 1960s, as cities became increasingly poor and populated by minority groups, urban schools have reflected the problems associated with poverty. Although rural and many suburban schools have similar problems, urban schools represent the most serious challenges. A significant percentage of urban schools have been labeled in need of improvement under federal No Child Left Behind guidelines, with large city school systems having dropout rates at or above 40 percent and student achievement well below 50 percent proficiency in mathematics and reading. Despite these alarming data, there are significant numbers of high performing urban schools and a number of reform programs that show promise
Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Mathematics education · Political science · Poverty · School dropout · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
| Highly cited | No |
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