Race, class, and power in school restructuring / Pauline Lipman ; foreword by Gloria Ladson-Billings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipman, Pauline, 1944-

Series:

SUNY series, restructuring and school change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School management and organization--Social aspects--United States--Case studies.

School management and organization.

African Americans--Education--Case studies.

African Americans.

Educational change--United States--Case studies.

Educational change.

African Americans--Education.

School management and organization--Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 334 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [1998]

Summary:

This book challenges common assumptions about the efficacy of teacher collaboration, empowerment, and professional development to improve the educational experiences of low-achieving African American students without engaging the political and ideological contexts in which reforms take place. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book tells the story of two restructuring junior high schools in a single district, and how teachers' ideologies and race, class, and power contradictions in the schools, school district, and city shaped outcomes. Although the book is a critique of restructuring, powerful portraits of teachers who create culturally responsive and empowering educational experiences demonstrate the potential to reform educational practices and policies for African American students and suggest a direction for transforming schools.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-322) and index.

ISBN:

0791437698

0791437701

OCLC:

37220802