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March 27, 2013 By Shantha Alonso Leave a Comment

Improbable Scholars: the Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America’s Schools

This book review was shared by Jan Resseger, Minister for Public Education of the United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries and chair of the National Council of Churches Public Education and Literacy committee. I was up late last night reading Berkeley professor, David Kirp’s new book about school reform in Union City, New […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Child Poverty, Public Education Tagged With: David Kirp, Improbable Scholars, Latinos, National Council of Churches, New Jersey, Poverty, Schools, Students, United Church of Christ

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