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Our schools suck : students talk back to a segregated nation on the failures of urban education /

Shares the voices of students speaking out against the failures of urban education"Our schools suck." This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alonso, Gaston (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Culture trap: talking about young people of color and their education
  • "I hate it when people treat me like a fxxx-up": phony theories, segregated schools, and the culture of aspiration among African American and Latino teenagers
  • "They ain't hiring kids from my neighborhood": young men of color negotiating public schools and poor work options in New York City
  • "Where youth have an actual voice": teenagers as empowered stakeholders in school reform.