The Street Stops Here A Year at a Catholic High School in Harlem [Paperback]

The Street Stops Hereoffers a deeply personal and compelling account of a Catholic high school in central Harlem, where mostly disadvantaged (and often non-Catholic) African American males graduate on time and get into college. Interweaving vivid portraits of day-to-day school life with clear and evenhanded analysis, Patrick J. McCloskey takes us through an eventful year at Rice High School, as staff, students, and families make heroic efforts to prevail against society's expectations. McCloskey's riveting narrative brings into sharp relief an urgent public policy question: whether (and how) to save these schools that provide the only viable option for thousands of poor and working-class studentsand thus fulfill a crucial public mandate. Just as significantly,The Street Stops Hereoffers invaluable lessons for low-performing urban public schools.

Patrick J. McCloskeywrites for many prominent publications, includingCity Journal, New York Times, STATS.org, Teacher Magazineand theNational Post.

A harrowing, honest, and often moving story. Andrew Greeley

McCloskey shows how challenging it is to succeed under adverse circumstances, how tenuous are the victories, how relentless are those who wage the battle to overcome the historic disadvantages of their students. Diane Ravitch, New York University

Sheds light on important issues cutting across all city schools. Joseph P. Viteritti, author ofChoosing Equality

Powerful, eloquent, candid . . . should be required reading for those who seek to remedy the academic woes of our troubled urban schools.

Should be required reading for anyone who is interested in the welfare of our kids.

 A primer for urban school districts. . . (A) tale of educational triumph that the book rises to page after page.

If President Obama . . . . wants to know what works for kids, particularly students on the social#8