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Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara

Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara is an assistant professor of urban education in the College of Education at Temple University. She is the author of Marketing Schools, Marketing Cities: Who Wins and Who Loses When Schools Become Urban Amenities.

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Cities Are Trying to Fix Their Schools by Luring the Middle Class: It Won't Work

These initiatives cannot substitute for reforms that address the root causes of concentrated poverty, budget shortfalls, and failing schools.
- Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara
- October 15, 2013

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Maia Bloomfield Cucchiara

Cities Are Trying to Fix Their Schools by Luring the Middle Class: It Won't Work