"Ethnically qualified"
Subtitle: race, merit, and the selection of urban teachers, 1920-1980
By: Christina Collins
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780807751633
Subjects: Selection and appointment; Teachers; Discrimination in employment; Minority teachers; Certification; Discrimination in education; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: "The whole school-accrediting road": the education of New York City teachers; title: "Ethnically qualified": recruiting New York City teachers; title: The "merit system": exams and alternatives for licensing New York City teachers; title: "A political headache": the hiring and placement of New York City teachers; title: "Up the ladder through the system": advancing and ending teaching careers in New York City; title: Epilogue: urban teacher diversity in the twenty-first century.