A brighter choice : building a just school in an unequal city / Clara Hemphill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hemphill, Clara, 1953- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism in education--New York (State)--New York.

Racism in education.

School choice--New York (State)--New York.

School choice.

Parents' and teachers' associations--New York (State)--New York.

Parents' and teachers' associations.

African American parents--New York (State)--New York.

African American parents.

Gentrification--New York (State)--New York.

Gentrification.

Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)--Race relations.

Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

viii, 168 pages : color illustraions, maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Teachers College Press, [2023]

Summary:

"Follow a group of mostly Black parents in gentrifying Brooklyn as they learn to share their public elementary school with white newcomers. Hurt feelings and misunderstandings push parents apart, but they work to build mutual trust and interracial solidarity to fight for better schools for all"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. A Proudly Black School in a Gentrifying Neighborhood

2. The Roots of Inequality and the Struggle for Just Schools

3. The Deep Decline and Uneven Revival of the City's Schools

4. The Promise and Pitfalls of School Choice

5. How Gentrification Brought Conflict

6. Bringing the Community Together

7. Problems Outside the School's Control

8. COVID-19 Tests the Community

9. "Trust Is the Glue"

10. The Work Still to Be Done.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Hemphill, Clara, 1953- Brighter choice

ISBN:

9780807767986

0807767980

9780807767993

0807767999

OCLC:

1342619837