Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side Colonialism & Post-Colonialism A dazzling debut

A dazzling debut

an infamous exploitation film long thought destroyed by Nazi fire

Each piece is paired with a concise

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Named a most anticipated book by New York Times

Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side Colonialism & Post-Colonialism A dazzling debut"Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain bad schools." That's how Eve L. Ewing opens Ghosts in the Schoolyard: describing Chicago Public Schools from the outside. The way politicians and pundits and parents of kids who attend other schools talk about them, with a mix of pity and contempt. But Ewing knows Chicago Public Schools from the inside: as a student, then a teacher, and now a scholar who studies them. And that perspective has shown