Radical possibilities : public policy, urban education, and a new social movement /

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Jean Anyon's groundbreaking new book reveals the influence of federal and metropolitan policies and practices on the poverty that plagues schools and communities in American cities and segregated, low-income suburbs. Public policies ... such as those regulating the minimum wage, job availabilit...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Anyon, Jean
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Routledge, 2005.
Series:Critical social thought.
Subjects:
Education, Urban > Social aspects > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Social change > United States.
Enseignement en milieu urbain > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
Changement social > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Finance.
Education, Urban > Social aspects
Educational change
Social change
Bildungsreform
Stadtsoziologie
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • I: Federal policy and urban education
  • The economic is political
  • Federal policies maintain urban poverty
  • Taxing rich and poor
  • New hope for urban students
  • II: Metropolitan inequities
  • Jobs and public transit mismatches
  • Regional housing reform as education reform
  • Local challenges to federal and regional mandates
  • III: Social movements, new public policy, and urban educational reform
  • How do people become involved in political contention?
  • Building a new social movement
  • Putting education at the center.

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