The Politics of African-American Education: Representation, Partisanship, and Educational Equity

ISBN-13: 9781107105263 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 264 str.

Kenneth J. Meier; Amanda Rutherford

Opis

The book provides a comprehensive assessment of current African-American education policy and its politics.

Recenzje

'Americans traditionally have preferred to think or pretend that race and partisanship both are barred at the schoolhouse door. Employing a range of data, Meier and Rutherford show that's not the case and, indeed, that race and partisanship interact to influence education of African American children in interesting and important ways.' Jeffrey R. Henig, Columbia University, Co-author of The Color of School Reform.

Spis treści

1. Representation, partisanship and equality in education; 2. Two myths: separate but equal and nonpartisan education; 3. The politics of African-American school board representation: partisanship, structure and resources; 4. Race and the street level bureaucrats: with a little help from my friends; 5. Partisanship, teacher representation and access to education opportunities; 6. Race, politics and student learning; 7. Can you beat the ovarian lottery?