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Research on Schools, Neighborhoods, and Communities: Toward Civic
Responsibility focuses on research and theoretical developments
related to the role of geography in education, human development,
and health. William F. Tate IV, the Edward Mallinckrodt
Distinguished University Professor in Arts & Sciences at
Washington University in St. Louis and former President of the
American Educational Research Association, presents a collection of
chapters from across disciplines to further understand the
strengths of and problems in our communities. Today, many research
literatures--e.g., health, housing, transportation, and
education--focus on civic progress, yet rarely are there efforts to
interrelate these literatures to better understand urgent problems
and promising possibilities in education, wherein social context is
central. In this volume, social context--in particular, the unequal
opportunities that result from geography--is integral to the
arguments, analyses, and case studies presented.Written by more
than 40 educational scholars from top universities across the
nation, the research presented in this volume provides historical,
moral, and scientifically based arguments with the potential to
inform understandings of civic problems associated with education,
youth, and families, and to guide the actions of responsible
citizens and institutions dedicated to advancing the public good.
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