Description
<p><b>Contents</b></p><p></p><p>Acknowledgments	</p><p></p><p>Introduction	</p><p>1	Origin Story: The People’s College and Why Schenley High Almost Never Happened	</p><p>2	These Three Walls: The Comprehensive High School, Edward Stotz, and the Fight to Make Schenley Extraordinary	</p><p>3	Enter to Learn: 1916–1929	</p><p>4	Growing Pains	: 1930–1949	</p><p>5	Running Uphill: 1950–1964	</p><p>6	The Writing on the Walls: 1965–1979	</p><p>7	If You’re Going to Drop a Bomb: The PHRC, Richard Wallace, and the Teacher Center 	</p><p>8	Renaissance: 1983–1993	</p><p>9	The School of Choice: 1994–2007	</p><p>10	Closing Time: Mark Roosevelt, Asbestos, and the “Save Schenley” Movement	</p><p>11	After Oakland: Reizenstein, University Prep, and Obama Academy	</p><p>Conclusion	</p><p></p><p>Appendix A	Notable Central High Alumni	</p><p>Appendix B	Notable Schenley High Alumni	</p><p>Appendix C	Athletics	</p><p>Appendix D	Theater	</p><p>Appendix E	Pittsburgh Public High Schools Index	</p><p>Notes</p><p></p>
Reviews
“Those interested in the city of Pittsburgh, urban education, and school choice will have Oresick to thank for this fine book.”
—Jon Shelton, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography