The street stops here
Subtitle: a year at a Catholic high school in Harlem
By: Patrick J. McCloskey ; foreword by Samuel G. Freedman.
Series: The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
ISBN-13: 9780520255173
Subjects: Catholic high schools -- New York (State) -- New York; African Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- New York (State) -- New York; Minorities -- Education (Secondary) -- New York (State) -- New York; Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Description: ""There are two Harlems," observes Patrick J. McCloskey in this engrossing narrative. "One bursts with new hope, while the other has remained marooned on the edge of the mainstream for generations." The problem, he asserts, is the enormous difficulty urban minority children face in getting a quality education. The Street Stops Here offers a deeply personal and compelling account of this struggle in a controversial setting, a Catholic high school in central Harlem, where mostly disadvantaged (and often non-Catholic) African American young men graduate on time and get into college. Interweaving vivid portraits of day-to-day school life with clear and even-handed analysis, McCloskey takes us through an eventful year at Rice High School, as staff, students, and families make heroic efforts to prevail against society's negative expectations. McCloskey's riveting narrative brings into sharp relief an urgent public policy question: whether (and how) to save these schools, which provide the only educational hope for thousands of poor and working-class students - and thus fulfill a crucial public mandate. Just as significantly, The Street Stops Here offers invaluable lessons for low-performing urban public schools."--Jacket.
Notes: "A George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Jacket flap.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-439) and index.