Marketing schools, marketing cities : who wins and who loses when schools become urban amenities /
Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara.
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2013
- 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-275) and index.
A strategic opportunity -- From "Philadelphia" to the "Next Great City": revitalization in a postindustrial city -- Institutions of last resort: crisis, markets, and stratification in Philadelphia's schools -- Revitalizing schools: the Center City Schools Initiative -- "This is not an inner-city school!": marketing Grant Elementary -- "This school can be way better!": transforming Grant Elementary -- The "Segregated Schools Initiative?": lasting consequences of a short-lived project -- Citizens, customers, and city schools.
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Grant Elementary School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Education, Urban --Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania Urban renewal --Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania Educational equalization --Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania Public schools --Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania School integration --Philadelphia.--Pennsylvania