Reforming Boston Schools, 1930-2006: Overcoming Corruption and Racial Segregation (Palgrave Studies in Urban Education)

Boston’s schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions and the struggles of Boston teachers before and after collective bargaining. The contributions of universities, corporations and political leaders to restore academic achievement are evaluated by one who observed Boston schools for forty years. Palgrave Macmillan Contents 8 Acknowledgments 9 Series Editors’ Preface 10 Introduction: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: Leave, Speak Up, or Stay 14 Chapter 1 Boston Schools: The Height of Loyalty and Ethnic Exits (1920–40) 18 Chapter 2 Boston Teachers Express Their Voices (1920–65) 42 Chapter 3 School Reform Postponed (1940–62) 60 Chapter 4 Black Voices for Equal Education, and the White Response (1960–74) 76 Chapter 5 The Court Orders Reforms (1974–89) 108 Chapter 6 Universities Speak Up 142 Chapter 7 The Organized Teacher Voice (1965–2000) 164 Chapter 8 Business Calls for Educational Improvements 196 Chapter 9 Future Choices, Disparate Voices 220 Notes 246 Bibliography 268 Index 276 A 276 B 276 C 277 D 277 E 278 F 278 G 278 H 278 I 279 J 279 K 279 L 279 M 279 N 280 O 280 P 280 R 280 S 281 T 281 U 281 V 281 W 281 About the Author 284 ISBN-13:,9780230604018 Boston s schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court decisions and the struggles of Boston teachers before and after collective bargaining. The contributions of universities, corporations and political leaders to restore academic achievement are evaluated by one who observed Boston schools for forty years.