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This is our school! : race and community resistance to school reform / Hava Rachel Gordon.
LIBRA LC213.2 .G68 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gordon, Hava Rachel, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational equalization--United States.
- Educational equalization.
- United States.
- Educational change--United States.
- Educational change.
- Education--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education.
- Education--Aims and objectives.
- Community and school--United States.
- Community and school.
- Physical Description:
- 303 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "The book provides a rich description of four movement sectors in one city all claiming to fight for educational justice. It combines theoretical insight from studies of urban reform, neoliberalism, education and social movements, and integrates rich ethnographic detail and activist narratives to illustrate education movement victories and defeats"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The national context: Neoliberal education reform, race, and resistance
- The reformers: Race, privilege, and saving children from disaster
- The dispossessed: Neighborhood activists beating back gentrification
- Fragile alliances: Cross-racial solidarity and conflict in community claims to the neighborhood school
- No permanent enemies, no permanent allies: The politics of reformer-community nonprofit partnerships.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gordon, Hava Rachel, This is our school!
- ISBN:
- 9781479848317
- 147984831X
- 9781479890057
- 1479890057
- OCLC:
- 1176320592
- Publisher Number:
- 99987412674
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