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The Street Stops Here offers a deeply personal and compelling account of a Catholic high school in central Harlem, where mostly disadvantaged (and often non-Catholic) African American males graduate on time and get into college. Interweaving vivid portraits of day-to-day school life with clear and evenhanded analysis, Patrick J. McCloskey takes us through an eventful year at Rice High School, as staff, students, and families make heroic efforts to prevail against society's expectations. McCloskey's riveting narrative brings into sharp relief an urgent public policy question: whether (and how) to save these schools that provide the only viable option for thousands of poor and working-class students—and thus fulfill a crucial public mandate. Just as significantly, The Street Stops Here offers invaluable lessons for low-performing urban public schools.
Price: $23.95
Pages: 480
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Publication Date:
30 October 2010
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520267978
Format: Paperback
Powerful, eloquent, candid . . . should be required reading for those who seek to remedy the academic woes of our troubled urban schools.
Should be required reading for anyone who is interested in the welfare of our kids.
“ A primer for urban school districts. . . (A) tale of educational triumph that the book rises to page after page.”
“If President Obama . . . . wants to know "what works for kids," particularly students on the social margins, he should pick up The Street Stops Here.”
“Not only an engaging read; it actually provides a model for reforming a segment of our nation’s schools.”
“While others have told the story of Catholic education today, none have told the story on the school level better than McCloskey.”
“Anyone who questions the value of a good Catholic school education must read Patrick J. McCloskey’s “The Street Stops Here.””
“Hollywood should grab this plot and ensure Denzel Washington gets the lead role.”
Patrick J. McCloskey writes for many prominent publications, including City Journal, New York Times, STATS.org, Teacher Magazine and the National Post.