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Schooling the Next Generation

Creating Success in Urban Elementary Schools

by (author) Dan Zuberi

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Jul 2015
Category
General, General, Urban, Elementary, Multicultural Education, Social Work
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442620407
    Publish Date
    Jul 2015
    List Price
    $35.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442626843
    Publish Date
    Jun 2015
    List Price
    $37.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781442649491
    Publish Date
    Jun 2015
    List Price
    $91.00

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Description

Public schools are among the most important institutions in North American communities, especially in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods. At their best, they enable students to overcome challenges like poverty by providing vital literacy and numeracy skills. At their worst, they condemn students to failure, both economically and in terms of preparing them to be active participants in a democratic society.

In Schooling the Next Generation, Dan Zuberi documents the challenges facing ten East Vancouver elementary schools in diverse lower-income communities, as well as the ways their principals, teachers, and parents are overcoming these challenges. Going beyond the façade of standardized test scores, Zuberi identifies the kinds of school and community programs that are making a difference and could be replicated in other schools. At the same time, he calls into question the assumptions behind a test score-driven search for “successful schools.” Focusing on early literacy and numeracy skills mastery, Schooling the Next Generation presents a slate of policy recommendations to help students in urban elementary schools achieve their full potential.

About the author

Dan Zuberi is an associate professor and RBC Chair in the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and the School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Toronto.

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Editorial Reviews

Schooling the Next Generation is unique for its focus on ten elementary schools…. This book provides a much-needed exploration of the early school disparities.’

Contemporary Sociology vol 45:06:2016

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