Schooling the Next Generation

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Public schools are among the most important institutions in North American communities, especially in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods. At their best, they enable students to overcome challenges like poverty by providing vital literacy and numeracy skills. At their worst, they condemn students to failure, both economically and in terms of preparing them to be active participants in a democratic society. In Schooling the next generation, Dan Zuberi documents the challenges facing ten East Vancouver elementary schools in diverse lower-income communities, as well as the ways their principals, teachers, and parents are overcoming these challenges.

subjects: Education, urban,  Education, canada,  Urban schools,  Children of minorities,  Academic achievement,  Urban Education,  Education (Elementary),  Poor children,  Case studies,  Enseignement en milieu urbain,  Écoles urbaines,  Rendement scolaire,  Études de cas,  Enfants issus des minorités,  Enseignement primaire,  Enfants pauvres