This is our school! : race and community resistance to school reform /

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"The book provides a rich description of four movement sectors in one city all claiming to fight for educational justice. It combines theoretical insight from studies of urban reform, neoliberalism, education and social movements, and integrates rich ethnographic detail and activist narratives...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gordon, Hava Rachel, 1974- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Educational equalization > United States.
Educational change > United States.
Education > Aims and objectives > United States.
Community and school > United States.
Démocratisation de l'enseignement > États-Unis.
Enseignement > Réforme > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban.
Community and school
Education > Aims and objectives
Educational change
Educational equalization
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The national context: Neoliberal education reform, race, and resistance
  • The reformers: Race, privilege, and saving children from disaster
  • The dispossessed: Neighborhood activists beating back gentrification
  • Fragile alliances: Cross-racial solidarity and conflict in community claims to the neighborhood school
  • No permanent enemies, no permanent allies: The politics of reformer-community nonprofit partnerships.

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