Miracle in East Harlem : The Fight for Choice in Public Education
by MacGuire, James; Fliegel, Seymour
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0812920392
- ISBN 13
- 9780812920390
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About This Item
New York: Times Books : Random House, 1993. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Second Printing.. The true story of how the public schools of one of New York City's worst neighborhoods broke a long pattern of defeat, failure, and frustration to become centers of learning and hope - one of the authors, the former deputy superintendent of District Four in East Harlem, describes the driving forces behind this transformation, the dedicated teachers, the eager students, above all the institution of 'choice' in education as an option for parents and their children, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains chronology, appendix, bibliography, indexed, 243pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- JB Books (US)
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- Title
- Miracle in East Harlem : The Fight for Choice in Public Education
- Author
- MacGuire, James; Fliegel, Seymour
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- Second Printing.
- ISBN 10
- 0812920392
- ISBN 13
- 9780812920390
- Publisher
- Times Books : Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- US HISTORY, HARLEM, NEW YORK CITY, EDUCATION, STUDENTS, TEACHERS, TEACHING, PARENTS, PARENTING, CHILDREN, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LEARNING, EDUCATIONAL CHOICE
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