Educating the urban race : the evolution of an American high school / Ericka J. Fisher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Ericka J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Urban high schools--United States.

Urban high schools.

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

United States.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xviii, 127 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]

Summary:

For America's students, growing up "urban" has become tainted. By acquiring one simple label, the urban student has become the other-illegitimate, different from the norm. The urban student has indeed been bastardized in America. The constructs of race and ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and social capital combine to oppress the urban student. Educating the Urban Race: The Evolution of on American High School takes the suggestion that "urban" has become inextricably linked to race one step further and proposes that it has become a socially constructed category in its own right that serves to disempower all those who self-identify or are labeled as such. The structure of this book gives the reader a series of rich contexts in which to understand how the American urban student and urban school came to fruition. Through the use of historical and quantitative data, interviews, and observations, Ericka J. Fisher provides a comprehensive view of the many factors at play that merge to create the urban high school. Ericka J. Fisher is associate professor of education at the College of the Holy Cross. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Foundations of an American Urban School District 1

2 The Importance of Neighborhood 19

3 A Portrait of an Urban High School 35

4 The Complexity of Race and Socioeconomic Status 57

5 Relationships Matter 75

6 The Fight for Survival 97.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781498501828

1498501826

OCLC:

890625333