In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children toand often end up becoming active inurban public schools. Their presence can bring long-needed material resources to such schools, but, as Linn Posey-Maddox shows in this study, it can also introduce new class and race tensions, and even exacerbate inequalities. Sensitively navigating the pros and cons of middle-class transformation, "When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools" asks whether it is possible for our urban public schools to have both financial security and equitable diversity....
In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children toand often end up becoming active inurban public sc...
