New Schools for a New Century: The Redesign of Urban Education

From: The Freeman | Date: February 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

New Schools for a New Century: The Redesign of Urban Education edited by Diane Ravitch and Joseph Viteritti

Yale University Press 1997 . 320 pages $30.00

Reviewed by George C. Leef

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