The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System - Jeffrey Mirel - Hardcover

Detroit's public school system, lauded as a model for the nation in the 1920s and 1930s, has become one of the city's most conspicuous failures. Jeffrey Mirel draws on Detroit's experience to offer a new interpretation of urban educational decline in the twentieth century, suggesting specific answers to what ails America's public schools and how public education can be improved. Jeffrey Mirel has won two prestigious book awards forThe Rise and Fall of an Urban School System. Stanford University and the American Educational Research Association awarded the book the 1994-95 "Outstanding Book Award" stating, "Mirel's documentation and interpretations serve as valuable and refreshing commentary on the current status of urban education, and by extension, all American education and society. . . . The book is admirably written with touches of drama, pathos, and hope." The American Educational Studies Association awarded Mirel the 1994 "Critics' Choice Award" for his outstanding contribution to Educational Studies. Jeffrey Mirel is the Director of Emory University's Division of Educational Studies.Mirel, Jeffrey is the author of 'The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System - Jeffrey Mirel - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780472101184 and ISBN 0472101188.