No citizen left behind / Meira Levinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levinson, Meira.

Series:

Educational psychology: critical pedagogical perspectives ;

Educational psychology: critical pedagogical perspectives ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizenship--Study and teaching (Middle school)--United States.

Citizenship.

Democracy and education--United States.

Democracy and education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson realized that her students' individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their historical marginalization. In order to overcome their civic empowerment gap, students must learn how to reshape power relationships through public political and civic action.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

PROLOGUE

1. THE CIVIC EMPOWERMENT GAP

2. "AT SCHOOL I TALK STRAIGHT"

3. "YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STRUGGLE"

4. RETHINKING HEROES AND ROLE MODELS

5. HOW TO SOAR IN A WORLD YOU'VE NEVER SEEN

6. THE CASE FOR ACTION CIVICS

7. DEMOCRACY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND EDUCATION

EPILOGUE

NOTES

REFERENCES

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674065291

0674065298

9780674069589

0674069587

OCLC:

794241351