A political education : black politics and education reform in Chicago since the 1960s / Elizabeth Todd-Breland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Todd-Breland, Elizabeth, author.

Series:

Justice, power, and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Strikes and lockouts--Teachers--Illinois--Chicago.

Strikes and lockouts.

African Americans--Political activity--Illinois--Chicago.

African Americans.

Educational change--Illinois--Chicago.

Educational change.

Political participation.

Strikes and lockouts--Teachers.

Illinois--Chicago.

Physical Description:

328 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

Summary:

"In 2012, Chicago's school year began with the city's first teachers' strike in a quarter century and ended with the largest mass closure of public schools in U.S. history. On one side, a union leader and veteran black woman educator drew upon organizing strategies from black and Latinx communities to demand increased school resources. On the other side, the mayor, backed by the Obama administration, argued that only corporate-style education reform could set the struggling school system aright. The stark differences in positions resonated nationally, challenging the long-standing alliance between teachers' unions and the Democratic Party. Elizabeth Todd-Breland recovers the hidden history underlying this battle"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The politics of black achievement

The rise and fall of the desegregation paradigm

Community control

Building independent black institutions

Teacher power: black teachers and the politics of representation

Power, resources, and representation

Chicago school reform: Harold Washington and a new era of decentralization

Corporate school reform: magnets, charters, and the neoliberal educational order.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781469646572

1469646579

9781469646589

1469646587

OCLC:

1029448629