The Resource A different view of urban schools : civil rights, critical race theory, and unexplored realities, Kitty Kelly Epstein
A different view of urban schools : civil rights, critical race theory, and unexplored realities, Kitty Kelly Epstein
- Summary
- "A Different View of Urban Schools tells a story about the realities of urban education in America. It provides new insights on teacher selection and preparation, curriculum, school takeovers, federal legislation, the role of business, and the impact of the civil rights movement on urban schools. The result is a new perspective on what educational reform requires in American cities. This book will be useful to teachers, policy makers, school board members, and parents, as well as classes in multicultural education, ethnic studies, and the social foundations of education."--BOOK JACKET
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 144 p.
- Note
- Includes index
- Contents
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- Themes and theories, personal and academic
- The bad old days : the pre-civil rights history of a Northern school district
- "Mississippi West" : Oakland's civil rights movement
- Civil rights and state takeovers : a diverse Oakland school board defeats an attempted state takeover in 1988
- Curriculum and structures : social studies textbooks, tracking, and other issues
- The "leave no teacher" laws : state and federal regulations mandating a "highly qualifed" teaching force actually create problems for urban communities
- Turning lemons into lemonade : the Partnership Program
- "Are you bilingual like me, Miss Johnson?" : Ebonics revisited
- Making a way out of no way : the struggle for academic quality
- Conclusions and programs
- Isbn
- 9780820478791
- Label
- A different view of urban schools : civil rights, critical race theory, and unexplored realities
- Title
- A different view of urban schools
- Title remainder
- civil rights, critical race theory, and unexplored realities
- Statement of responsibility
- Kitty Kelly Epstein
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "A Different View of Urban Schools tells a story about the realities of urban education in America. It provides new insights on teacher selection and preparation, curriculum, school takeovers, federal legislation, the role of business, and the impact of the civil rights movement on urban schools. The result is a new perspective on what educational reform requires in American cities. This book will be useful to teachers, policy makers, school board members, and parents, as well as classes in multicultural education, ethnic studies, and the social foundations of education."--BOOK JACKET
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- 370.91732
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- LC5141
- LC item number
- .E67 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Counterpoints : studies in the postmodern theory of education,
- Series volume
- v. 291
- Label
- A different view of urban schools : civil rights, critical race theory, and unexplored realities, Kitty Kelly Epstein
- Note
- Includes index
- Bibliography note
- Bibliography: p. [127]-138
- http://library.link/vocab/branchCode
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- net
- Contents
- Themes and theories, personal and academic -- The bad old days : the pre-civil rights history of a Northern school district -- "Mississippi West" : Oakland's civil rights movement -- Civil rights and state takeovers : a diverse Oakland school board defeats an attempted state takeover in 1988 -- Curriculum and structures : social studies textbooks, tracking, and other issues -- The "leave no teacher" laws : state and federal regulations mandating a "highly qualifed" teaching force actually create problems for urban communities -- Turning lemons into lemonade : the Partnership Program -- "Are you bilingual like me, Miss Johnson?" : Ebonics revisited -- Making a way out of no way : the struggle for academic quality -- Conclusions and programs
- Control code
- 000028102080
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 144 p.
- Isbn
- 9780820478791
- Lccn
- 2005022532
- http://library.link/vocab/recordID
- .b24029440
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)61262321
- ebscoebk0820478792
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