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Changing Classes tells the story of Willow Run, a small, poor, ethnically-mixed town in Michigan's rust belt, a community in turmoil over the announced closing of a nearby auto assembly plant. As teachers and administrators began to find ways to make schooling more relevant to working-class children, two large-scale school reform initiatives swept into town: the Governor's "market-place" reforms and the National Science Foundation's "state systemic initiative." Against the backdrop of a post-fordist economy, the author shows complex linkages at work as society structures the development of children to adulthood.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780521642347
  • ISBN-10: 0521642345
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publish Date: November 2000
  • Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.25 pounds
  • Page Count: 332

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