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Article: Urban Schools : Forced to Fail.
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- Phi Delta Kappan
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- December 1, 1999
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If the urban schools are to offer their population of minority children access to the American dream, a powerful political force must move into the educational arena to represent their cause, Mr. Crosby warns. The alternative is complete failure and the destruction of urban schools.
IS THERE anyone who doesn't recall the famous opening sentence of A Tale of Two Cities? "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had ...