Schools as Radical Sanctuaries: Decolonizing Urban Education Through the Eyes of Youth of Color and Their Teachers

ISBN-13: 9781617355905 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 132 str.

Rene Antrop-Gonzalez; Ren Antrop-Gonz Lez

Opis

Large, comprehensive urban high schools were designed and constructed with the belief that they could meet the needs of all its students, academic and otherwise. By and large, however, these schools have only done a good job of sorting students for specific jobs in a society based on capitalism and White supremacy. Consequently, students schooled in these large institutions are often sorted depending on how they are situated and/or perceived by institutional agents (i.e. teachers, administrators, guidance counsellors, and other staff) along racial/ethnic, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability lines. The overall result of such structurally and culturally-based discriminatory practices has led to astronomically horrendous dropout/push out rates among urban youth, particularly those of colour who live in poverty.

Spis treści

<strong>TABLE OF CONTENTS</strong> <p>Acknowledgements. Series Editors’ Preface. 1 Background and Introduction. 2 Overview. 3 The Sociohistorical/Political and Curricular Context of the Dr. Pedro Albizu Campos High School (PACHS). 4 Theorising the Schools as Radical Sanctuaries Concept: The Voices of Puerto Rican/Latino and African American Youth and their Teachers. 5 Critical Caring: Constructing Instrumental Student–Teacher Relationships of Solidarity. 6 The School as Radical Sanctuary Model: Policy and Practice. Recommendations. References. </p>