{"product_id":"urban-education-kansas-citys-central-high-school-and-the-enduring-legacy-of-racism-9781965278710","title":"Urban Education: Kansas City's Central High School and the Enduring Legacy of Racism","description":"This book is an institutional history of Kansas City's Central High School. Centering the issue of race, this book chronicles the story of Central between 1867 and 2024.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUrban Education: Kansas City's Central High School and the Enduring Legacy of Racism is an institutional history of the oldest public school west of the Mississippi River. Central High School was the premier segregated White high school in Kansas City and among the top high schools in the United States between 1867 and 1955. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing Brown v. Topeka Board of Education in 1954, Central High School became one of the first schools in Kansas City to integrate. Between 1955 and 1962, Central's student body went from all White to all Black.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral began hemorrhaging students in the late 1960s as White families and middle-class Black families moved out of the city and into surrounding suburban communities. The neighborhoods around Central High School became less affluent and more racially segregated, and the school became a target of media sensationalism as it confronted unique challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers a unique perspective on urban education in the United States by following a single institution over time. Urban education is often considered outside of its historical contexts, resulting in biased views. Through a comprehensive institutional history, this book clarifies the complex nature of schooling in the United States, and in particular how the interplay of race and education has impacted one school over time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePoos, Brad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Dr. Brad Poos is the Sprint Endowed Professor in Urban Education and Associate Director in the Institute for Urban Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Dr. Poos is a career educator who spent his first ten years in K-12 education as both a middle school and high school social studies teacher turned counselor, and who has spent the second half of his career in higher education. Dr. Poos is particularly interested in social history and exploring the lived experiences of everyday people. Dr. Poos has written and published broadly in these areas and has presented his work around the country. He has long been committed to work around equity and justice in education and the community at large.","brand":"Mission Point Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764000948498,"sku":"9781965278710","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_521205c0-e1d4-4207-8e14-17b0e444c6ac.jpg?v=1764749288","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/urban-education-kansas-citys-central-high-school-and-the-enduring-legacy-of-racism-9781965278710","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}