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ERIC Number: EJ615724
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0018-2680
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Race, Space, and the Politics of Chicago's Public Schools: Benjamin Willis and the Tragedy of Urban Education.
Rury, John L.
History of Education Quarterly, v39 n2 p117-42 Sum 1999
Considers the state of the urban public education system in Chicago (Illinois). Addresses the effects of demographic and economic changes, the role of Benjamin Coppage Willis as superintendent of the Chicago schools, and the effects of inequality and plans for desegregation. (CMK)
Descriptors: Desegregation Plans, Economic Factors, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Progressive Education, Public Education, Urban Demography, Urban Education, Urban to Suburban Migration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois (Chicago)
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