What’s Race Got To Do With It?: How Current School Reform

What’s Race Got To Do With It?: How Current School Reform Policy Maintains Racial and Economic Inequality (Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness)

Within critical discussions of school reform, researchers and activists are often of two camps. Some focus their analyses on neoliberal economic agendas, while others center on racial inequality. These analyses often happen in isolation, continuing to divide those concerned with educational justice into Â«Itâ€™s race!Â» vs. Â«Itâ€™s class!Â» camps. Whatâ€™s Race Got To Do With It? brings together these frameworks to investigate the role that race plays in hallmark policies of neoliberal school reforms such as school closings, high-stakes testing, and charter school proliferation. The group of scholar activist authors in this volume were selected because of their cutting-edge racial economic analysis, understanding of corporate reform, and involvement in grassroots social movements. Each author applies a racial economic framework to inform and complicate our analysis of how market-based reforms collectively increase wealth inequality and maintain White supremacy. In accessible language, contributors trace the historical context of a single reform, examine how that reform maintains and expands racial and economic inequality, and share grassroots stories of resistance to these reforms. By analyzing current reforms through this dual lens, those concerned with social justice are better equipped to struggle against this constellation of reforms in ways that unite rather than divide.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	imusti
EAN	9781433128837
Edition	New edition
Feature	Peter Lang Gmbh Internationaler Verlag Der W
ISBN	1433128837
Label	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Manufacturer	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	208
PublicationDate	2015-01-30
Publisher	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Studio	Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

What’s Race Got To Do With It?: How Current School Reform Policy Maintains Racial and Economic Inequality (Critical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness)

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