We try so hard to improve low performing urban schools, often at tremendous cost. Yet a lot of the problems in these schools stem from larger problems in our society: growing income inequality and segregation by race and class. As a society, we often ignore these larger issues and then grow frustrated when schools can’t … Continue reading Schools and Cities…
2011 October
Welcome to my new web site at Rutgers-Camden
I have just moved to Rutgers-Camden from the University of Texas at Dallas. One of my roles here is to build a new research center, the Center for Urban Research and Education (CURE). The two key missions of CURE are 1) to encourage, facilitate, and promote research on urban issues by Rutgers-Camden faculty and their … Continue reading Welcome to my new web site at Rutgers-Camden…