Making a Mass Institution

"The details in this valuable case study bring to life the story of discrimination on the basis of race and social class."- Robert L. Hampel, author of Fast and Curious: A History of Shortcuts in American Education
"Well-written and meticulously researched, Making a Mass Institution impressively examines education in middle America and compels us to revisit the very raison d'etre of the American high school."- Jon N. Hale, author of The Freedom Schools: Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
"Steele, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy, writes about how the city of Indianapolis created a divided and unjust system of high schools over the course of the 20th century, and one that effectively sorted students geographically, economically and racially." - UW Oshkosh Today
"A critical addition to a growing body of scholarship that examines the ways that educational institutions interact with class, race, and space to intensify inequality over time."- History of Education Quarterly
"Well-written and meticulously researched, Making a Mass Institution impressively examines education in middle America and compels us to revisit the very raison d'etre of the American high school."- Jon N. Hale, author of The Freedom Schools: Student Activists in the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement
"Steele, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy, writes about how the city of Indianapolis created a divided and unjust system of high schools over the course of the 20th century, and one that effectively sorted students geographically, economically and racially." - UW Oshkosh Today
"The details in this valuable case study bring to life the story of discrimination on the basis of race and social class."- Robert L. Hampel, author of Fast and Curious: A History of Shortcuts in American Education
"A critical addition to a growing body of scholarship that examines the ways that educational institutions interact with class, race, and space to intensify inequality over time."- History of Education Quarterly