num_pages: 271
description: This book discusses the fate of experimental schools in New York City in the 1960s and 1970s.
language: English
title: The Chasm: The Life and Death of a Great Experiment in Ghetto Education
titlecomplete: The Chasm: The Life and Death of a Great Experiment in Ghetto Education
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Contemporary Affairs
publisher: Praeger