'Isn't that what "those kids" need?' Urban schools and the master narrative of the 'tough, urban principal'

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-158

  Zirkel, Sabrina ^a   Bailey, Fatima ^a   Bathey, Shrimathi ^a   Hawley, Rebecca ^b   Lewis, Unity ^a   Long, Deborah ^a   Pollack, Terry ^c   Roberts, Zachary ^d   Stroud, Regina Stanback ^e   Winful, Audrey ^a  

^a MILLS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Head Start   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d The Berkeley School   (United States)

^e Skyline College   (United States)

Author keywords

Charter schools; Critical race theory; Public opinion; Race; Urban education

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; RACIAL IDENTITY; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RACISM; URBAN SOCIETY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79951693498     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2010.519973     Document Type: Article

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