Boston s schools in 2006 won the Eli Broad Prize for the Most Improved
Urban School System in America. But from the 1930s into the 1970s the
city schools succumbed to scandals including the sale of jobs and racial
segregation. This book describes the black voices before and after court
decisions and the struggles of Boston teachers before and after
collective bargaining. The contributions of universities, corporations
and political leaders to restore academic achievement are evaluated by
one who observed Boston schools for forty years.