Author: Franklin Spencer Edmonds
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Category : High schools
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Proceedings of the Dedication of the New Buildings of the Central High School, Philadelphia
Author: Franklin Spencer Edmonds
Publisher:
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Category : High schools
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Publisher:
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Category : High schools
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Handbook of the Central High School of Philadelphia
Author: Philadelphia. Central high school
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Handbook of the Central High School of Philadelphia
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.) Central High School
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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The Schenley Experiment
Author: Jake Oresick
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271079770
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Schenley Experiment is the story of Pittsburgh’s first public high school, a social incubator in a largely segregated city that was highly—even improbably—successful throughout its 156-year existence. Established in 1855 as Central High School and reorganized in 1916, Schenley High School was a model of innovative public education and an ongoing experiment in diversity. Its graduates include Andy Warhol, actor Bill Nunn, and jazz virtuoso Earl Hines, and its prestigious academic program (and pensions) lured such teachers as future Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather. The subject of investment as well as destructive neglect, the school reflects the history of the city of Pittsburgh and provides a study in both the best and worst of urban public education practices there and across the Rust Belt. Integrated decades before Brown v. Board of Education, Schenley succumbed to default segregation during the “white flight” of the 1970s; it rose again to prominence in the late 1980s, when parents camped out in six-day-long lines to enroll their children in visionary superintendent Richard C. Wallace’s reinvigorated school. Although the historic triangular building was a cornerstone of its North Oakland neighborhood and a showpiece for the city of Pittsburgh, officials closed the school in 2008, citing over $50 million in necessary renovations—a controversial event that captured national attention. Schenley alumnus Jake Oresick tells this story through interviews, historical documents, and hundreds of first-person accounts drawn from a community indelibly tied to the school. A memorable, important work of local and educational history, his book is a case study of desegregation, magnet education, and the changing nature and legacies of America’s oldest public schools.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 0271079770
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The Schenley Experiment is the story of Pittsburgh’s first public high school, a social incubator in a largely segregated city that was highly—even improbably—successful throughout its 156-year existence. Established in 1855 as Central High School and reorganized in 1916, Schenley High School was a model of innovative public education and an ongoing experiment in diversity. Its graduates include Andy Warhol, actor Bill Nunn, and jazz virtuoso Earl Hines, and its prestigious academic program (and pensions) lured such teachers as future Pulitzer Prize winner Willa Cather. The subject of investment as well as destructive neglect, the school reflects the history of the city of Pittsburgh and provides a study in both the best and worst of urban public education practices there and across the Rust Belt. Integrated decades before Brown v. Board of Education, Schenley succumbed to default segregation during the “white flight” of the 1970s; it rose again to prominence in the late 1980s, when parents camped out in six-day-long lines to enroll their children in visionary superintendent Richard C. Wallace’s reinvigorated school. Although the historic triangular building was a cornerstone of its North Oakland neighborhood and a showpiece for the city of Pittsburgh, officials closed the school in 2008, citing over $50 million in necessary renovations—a controversial event that captured national attention. Schenley alumnus Jake Oresick tells this story through interviews, historical documents, and hundreds of first-person accounts drawn from a community indelibly tied to the school. A memorable, important work of local and educational history, his book is a case study of desegregation, magnet education, and the changing nature and legacies of America’s oldest public schools.
Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1860
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Publisher:
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1860
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 806
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Catalogue of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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Encyclopedia of Philadelphia
Author: Joseph Jackson
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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Category : Philadelphia (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
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American Swedish Historical Museum: Yearbook 1960
Author:
Publisher: American Swedish Hist Museum
ISBN: 9781437950106
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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Publisher: American Swedish Hist Museum
ISBN: 9781437950106
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
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The Barnwell Bulletin
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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