When middle-class parents choose urban schools : class, race, and the challenge of equity in public education /
Posey-Maddox, Linn,author.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-197) and index.
Middle-class parents and city school transformation -- Reconceptualizing the "urban": examining race, class, and demographic change in cities and their public schools -- Building a "critical mass": neighborhood parent group action for school change -- The (re)making of a "good" public school: parent and teacher views of a changing school community -- Professionalizing the MPTO: race, class, and shifting norms for "active" parents -- Morningside revisited -- Maintaining a "commitment to everyone": toward a vision of equitable development in urban public schooling -- Appendix A: Social class categories -- Appendix B: Methodological approach.
Urban schools
Middle class
Public schools
Education
School management and organization
Community and school
Discrimination in education
Segregation in education