City Schools and the American Dream 2: The Enduring Promise of Public Education

ISBN-13: 9780807763865 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 165 str.

Pedro A. Noguera; Esa Syeed; James a. Banks

Spis treści

• Series Foreword James A. Banks
• Preface
• 1. City Schools Revisited: The Politics and Possibilities of Urban Education
• Introduction
• NCLB and The Emergence of a New Education Reform Movement
• The Legacy Of NCLB: Wide-Ranging Impacts, Little Improvement
• A New Era of Reform Under Trump?
• The Urban Context: Change and Consistency
• 2. The Social Context and Its Impact on Inner-City Schooling
• The Making of the City and Its Schools: Urbanization, Segregation, and the Accumulation of Disadvantage.
• Re-Making The "Urban": The Changing Character of City Schools
• The Need for Contextual Explanations: The Case of School Closures
• A Wider Focus: Bringing Contexts into our Work
• 3. The Role of Schools in Reducing Racial Inequality
• Structural Racism and The Persistence of Racial Disparities
• A Day in the Life: Racial Disparities in Lived Experience
• Changing Paradigms of Race
• Seeking Possibilities: Teaching for Racial Justice
• Without Honors: Race and the Mechanisms of Tracking
• Conclusion
• 4. The Power to Change: Limits and Opportunities in School Reform
• A View from the Top: Power and Elite-led Reforms
• Power to the Person: Charters and the Individualization of Change
• People Power: Building Capacity at the Grassroots
• Bringing it all Together: California and School Finance Reforms
• Conclusion
• 5. Safety, Security and the Threat of Violence in Urban Schools
• Beyond Fear: Understanding and Responding to Threats to School Safety
• The Sociology of Violence in Urban Areas
• Addressing Violence by Building and Repairing Trust
• The Role of Trust in Promoting Safety in Schools
• Conclusion
• 6. Conclusion: Still Pursuing the Dream
• Can We Learn From Success?
• From Reform to Transformation
• Expanding Access to Educational Opportunity
• Addressing the Structural Barriers to Change
• Recognizing Constraints and Acting on Possibilities for Change
• References
• Index
• About the Authors