Publication Date: December 30, 2007 | Series: Classics in Progressive Education
Angelo Patri's eloquent 1917 chronicle of multicultural education in the inner city remains as relevant today as it was ninety years ago. Long out of print, A Schoolmaster of the Great City illustrates Patri's commitment as a long-time principal at a New York public school to integrating all backgrounds into the classroom and to nurturing a community that extends beyond the school yard. The New York Times Book Review called it "an inspiring and an aspiring vision, an ideal of a force that would be a greater power in molding and Americanizing and democratizing American life than it would be possible to find in all other agencies together."
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Angelo Patri (1876-1965), emigrated from Italy at a young age and taught in New York City public schools for several years before becoming principal at PS 4, then PS 45, until his retirement. Schoolmaster of the Great City is one of fifteen books he authored. Herbert Kohl is the National Book Award-winning author of more than forty books. He lives in San Francisco.
I am a inner city educator who was wonder what progressive education looked like. This book exemplifies progressive education in an inner city school. Although written awhile back, the ideas are still the same today.
