Access to Success in the Urban High School

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Access to Success in the Urban High School is written by Harold S. Wechsler and published by Teachers College Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0807740527 (ISBN 10) and 9780807740521 (ISBN 13).

This fascinating history of one school innovation recounts the painstaking labours of those willing to help at-risk youth succeed in our complex society. Harold Wechsler examines the middle college movement by focusing on a quarter-century of growth at the first Middle College. Started in 1974 at LaGuardia Community College in New York, this successful alternative school has since been widely replicated and adapted throughout the country. Anyone interested in the processes of educational reform will find this captivating story and Wechsler’s in-depth policy analysis to be essential reading.