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Mirel, Jeffrey Edward was born on January 27, 1948 in Cleveland. Son of Allan B. and Ida D. (Splaver) Mirel.
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The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-81, Second Edition (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
( Detroit's public school system, lauded as a model for t...)
Detroit's public school system, lauded as a model for the nation in the 1920s and 1930s, has become one of the city's most conspicuous failures. Jeffrey Mirel draws on Detroit's experience to offer a new interpretation of urban educational decline in the twentieth century, suggesting specific answers to what ails America's public schools and how public education can be improved. Jeffrey Mirel has won two prestigious book awards for The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System. Stanford University and the American Educational Research Association awarded the book the 1994-95 "Outstanding Book Award" stating, "Mirel's documentation and interpretations serve as valuable and refreshing commentary on the current status of urban education, and by extension, all American education and society. . . . The book is admirably written with touches of drama, pathos, and hope." The American Educational Studies Association awarded Mirel the 1994 "Critics' Choice Award" for his outstanding contribution to Educational Studies. This new paperback edition includes a comprehensive epilogue focusing on recent events in Detroit educational reform. Detailing the formation and rapid collapse of a campaign in the late 1980s and early 1990s to radically restructure the Detroit public schools, Mirel's new analysis of this experiment illuminates both the persistence of historical trends in the school district and the possibilities for change. Jeffrey Mirel is David L Angus Collegiate Professor of Education, University of Michigan.
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Jeffrey Edward Mirel
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Jeffrey Edward Mirel, American Education educator. Recipient Henry Barnard prize, 1983, Eggertson Dissertation prize, 1985. Member American Ednl. Research Association (chairman division program 1988-1989, editorial bd.1992-1995), History of Education Society (editorial board 1989-1992), Organisation American Historians, Thresholds in Education Foundation (board directors 1988-1991).
Education
Bachelor in English, Ohio State University, 1970; Master of Arts in Education, Ohio State University, 1971; Master of Arts in History, University of Michigan, 1982; Doctor of Philosophy in Education, University of Michigan, 1984.
Career
Teacher, Liverpool (New York) Center Schools, 1971-1972;
teacher, Landow Day School, Miami, Florida, 1973-1975;
teacher, Cleveland Heights (Ohio)-University Heights Board Education, 1975-1979;
teaching assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1979-1984;
assistant professor, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, 1984-1990;
associate professor, chairman faculty in educational foundation, Northern Illinois U., DeKalb, since 1992;
faculty fellow, Social Science Research Institute, since 1994. Consultant Detroit Public Schools, 1983, Chicago Prins. Association, 1989, North Control.Regional Ednl.
Laboratory, 1992.
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The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-81, Second Edition (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
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The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-81, Second Edition (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
Membership
Member American Ednl. Research Association (chairman division program 1988-1989, editorial bd.1992-1995), History of Education Society (editorial board 1989-1992), Organisation American Historians, Thresholds in Education Foundation (board directors 1988-1991).
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Married Barbara R. Ellis, March 11, 1973. Children: Joshua, Lisa, Diana.
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