I submit that the political right is less interested in the plight of poor urban communities than in establishing an educational marketplace and destroying teacher's unions. (jonathanpelto.com)
Robinson, Lloyd and Rowe noted that: «Instructional leadership theory has its empirical origins in studies undertaken during the late 1970's and 80's of schools in poor urban communities where students succeeded despite the odds... these schools typically had strong instructional leadership, including a learning climate free of disruption, a system of clear teaching objectives, and high teacher expectations for students.» (teachermagazine.com.au)
The privatization of American public schooling is being visited upon poor urban communities of color, precisely because these are the most defenseless and vulnerable people in the American polity. (jonathanpelto.com)