02223nam a2200421 a 4500 ebr10642190 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 120131s2012 paua sb 001 0deng d 2012002587 9780812244359 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780812207668 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)843076377 n-us--- n-us-pa n-us-ca LA2317.F677 S64 2012eb 370.92 B 23 Spencer, John Palmer. In the crossfire [electronic resource] : Marcus Foster and the troubled history of American school reform / John P. Spencer. 1st ed. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2012. 304 p. : ill. Politics and culture in modern America Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-291) and index. Schooling as social reform: racial uplift, liberalism, and the making of a black educator -- Combating cultural deprivation: urban educators and the war on poverty -- Victims, not hoodlums: urban schools and the crisis of liberalism -- Black power, "people power": holding schools accountable for black achievement -- Beyond community control: accountability and achievement in the Oakland public schools -- Epilogue: legacies of the 1960s in American school reform. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Foster, Marcus A., 1923-1973. African Americans Education. Educational change United States. African American school principals Pennsylvania Philadelphia. African American school superintendents California Oakland. Urban schools Pennsylvania Philadelphia. Urban schools California Oakland. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10642190 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 43718 43718