Payne (social service administration, University of Chicago) has taught in the trenches, which helps explain why his work is so full of passion. He looks at the many attempts to "fix" school systems i
This frank and courageous book explores the persistence of failure in today's urban schools. At its heart is the argument that most education policy discussions are disconnected from the daily realit
"With this history of the civil rights movement focusing on Everyman-turned-hero, the commoner as crusader for justice, Payne challenges the old idea that history is the biography of great men."--Kirk
The story of the civil rights movement is well-known, popularized by both the media and the academy. Yet the version of the story recounted time and again by both history books and PBS documentaries i
No other book about the civil rights movement captures the drama and impact of the black struggle for equality better than Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945–1968. Two of the most respected scho
Traditionally, African Americans have sought collective liberation, equity and justice through education. This tradition continues, judging by the contributors to this collection of 19 essays, with sc
