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A different view of urban schools: civil rights, critical race theory, and unexplored realities / Kitty Kelly Epstein. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epstein, Kitty Kelly, 1946-
- Series:
- Counterpoints (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 291.
- Counterpoints ; v. 291
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban schools--United States.
- Urban schools.
- Racism in education--United States.
- Racism in education.
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 144 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- New York : P. Lang, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [127]-138) and index.
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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