TY - GEN N2 - In Hope and Despair, Gerald Grant compares two cities - his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The result is an ambitious portrait - sometimes disturbing, often inspiring - of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as a passionate exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today. DO - 10.4159/9780674053922 DO - doi AB - In Hope and Despair, Gerald Grant compares two cities - his hometown of Syracuse, New York, and Raleigh, North Carolina - in order to examine the consequences of the nation's ongoing educational inequities. The result is an ambitious portrait - sometimes disturbing, often inspiring - of two cities that exemplify our nation's greatest educational challenges, as well as a passionate exploration of the potential for school reform that exists for our urban schools today. T1 - Hope and Despair in the American City :Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh / AU - Grant, Gerald, JF - HUP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 (Canada) JF - Harvard University Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 CN - LB2822.83.N8 LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478824 KW - School improvement programs KW - Urban renewal KW - Urban schools KW - EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General. SN - 9780674053922 TI - Hope and Despair in the American City :Why There Are No Bad Schools in Raleigh / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674053922 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674053922 ER -