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Privileged thinking in today's schools : the implications for social justice / David Barnett ... [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- Children with social disabilities--Education--United States.
- Children with social disabilities.
- Social justice--United States.
- Social justice.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (190 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this collection of scenarios and episodes, many of which were experienced by the authors in their years as school administrators, you will find an array of provocative examples of social injustice in the classroom, and what you can do to prevent it in your own school community.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Don't Give Me Justice; Chapter 2: How Much Money Does Daddy Make, Mommy?; Chapter 3: The "N" Word; Chapter 4: The "Back Hall" Kids; Chapter 5: I Have a Name; Chapter 6: Squeaky Wheels Get the Grease- But Some Don't Know How to Squeak; Chapter 7: Rigid Master Schedules; Chapter 8: Skateboarders: Unfit for Social Justice; Chapter 9: Throw Them a Life-Preserver, Not an Anchor; Chapter 10: No Band for the Kid from Lucky Stop; Chapter 11: No Hamburgers or Salads for the Free Lunch Kids; Chapter 12: One Child Left Behind
- Chapter 13: The School Within the LinesChapter 14: My Kids; Chapter 15: Rounding the Bases-Bring 'Em Home; Chapter 16: Kids in the Shadows; Chapter 17: Do You Accept Responsibility?; Chapter 18: Pecking Order; Chapter 19: Elephant in the Room; Chapter 20: Culture, Community, and Consolidation; Chapter 21: You Brought a Dead Cat to School?; Chapter 22: The Indiscernible Faces of Privileged Thinking; Chapter 23: Learning the Constant- Time the Variable; Chapter 24: More Equal than Others; Chapter 25: The Kids Say I'm Black; Chapter 26: We Are All Gifted, and We All Have Disabilities
- Chapter 27: Closing Thoughts: We Can Do It! We Must Do It!References; About The Authors
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-21210-2
- 1-282-92308-0
- 9786612923081
- 1-60709-971-3
- OCLC:
- 694772523
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