Download or read book Racism Research and Educational Reform written by Joanne Kilgour Dowdy and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racism, Research, and Educational Reform adds to the knowledge base on educational reform, through individual, personal voices. Describing the complexities of multiple levels of engagement, it provides more accessible reading for teachers and the general public than most reform texts. This book also adds to the literature about multiple K-16 partnerships; collaborations between mainstream universities and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU); cross-district school system collaborations; the impact of racism on school reform efforts; communication problems in school collaborations; parent and teacher struggles for equal engagement; and issues of parental equity in school communities of diverse ethnic families.

Download or read book On Class Race and Educational Reform written by Antonia Darder and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-23 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Class, Race, and Educational Reform provokes new dialogue between Marxists, critical race theory scholars, and other race-inspired educational theorists with the aim of countering racism and class inequalities. The book opens with a lead chapter by Howard Ryan, a doctoral student with a background in teaching and labor organizing, that substantively engages questions of class, race, and educational reform. In response to the opening chapter, educational theorists from Germany, South Africa, the UK, and the USA, provide insightful and penetrating responses highlighting the differences and similarities in perspectives. The responses show how educators can overcome theoretical differences to create international collaborations and educational campaigns of solidarity that counter the treacherous impact of racism and class inequalities in the classroom and beyond. The book includes a Foreword by Stephen Brookfield (University of St Thomas, USA) and an Afterword by Cheryl Matias (University of Kentucky, USA).

Download or read book A Political Education written by Elizabeth Todd-Breland and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-10-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. She tells the story of black education reformers' community-based strategies to improve education beginning during the 1960s, as support for desegregation transformed into community control, experimental schooling models that pre-dated charter schools, and black teachers' challenges to a newly assertive teachers' union. This book reveals how these strategies collided with the burgeoning neoliberal educational apparatus during the late twentieth century, laying bare ruptures and enduring tensions between the politics of black achievement, urban inequality, and U.S. democracy.

Download or read book Condition or Process Researching Race in Education written by Adrienne D. Dixon and published by American Educational Research Association. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of why we need to think about how we research race demands a conceptualization of race that captures both its social construction and its temporal evolution. We need both an understanding of race and clarity about how we talk about it in our design and conduct of research, and in how we interpret and apply it in our findings. As a field, we can use research on race and racism in education to help construct social change. Our purpose with this volume is to underscore the persistence of the discriminatory actions—processes—and the normalization of the use of race (and class)—conditions—to justify the existing and growing disparity between the quality of life and opportunity for middle-class and more affluent Whites and that for people of color and people of color who live in poverty. As editors of this volume, we wonder what more we could learn and understand about the process and condition of race if we dare to ask bold questions about race and racism and commit to methods and analyses that respect the experiences and knowledges of our research participants and partners.

Download or read book Race and the Origins of Progressive Education 1880 1929 written by Thomas D. Fallace and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This penetrating historical study traces the rise and fall of the theory of recapitulation and its enduring influence on American education. Inherently ethnocentric and racist, the theory of recapitulation was pervasive in the social sciences at the turn of the 20th century when early progressive educators uncritically adopted its basic tenets. The theory pointed to the West as the developmental endpoint of history and depicted people of color as ontologically less developed than their white counterparts. Building on cutting-edge scholarship, this is the first major study to trace the racial worldviews of key progressive thinkers, such as Colonel Francis W. Parker, John Dewey, Charles Judd, William Bagley, and many others. Chapter Summaries: “Roots” traces the intellectual context from which the new, child-centered education emerged.“Recapitulation” explains how racially segregated schools were justified and a differentiated curriculum was rationalized.“Reform” explores some of the most successful early progressive educational reforms, as well as the contents of children’s literature and popular textbooks.“Racism” documents the constancy of the idea of racial hierarchy among progressive educators, such as Edward Thorndike, G. Stanley Hall, and William Bagley.“Relativity” documents how scholars such as W. E. B. Du Bois, Carter Woodson, Horace Kallen, and Randolph Bourne outlined a new inclusive ideology of cultural pluralism, but overlooked the cultural relativism of anthropologist Franz Boas.“Refashioning,” examines the enduring effects of recapitulation on education, such as child-centered teaching and the deficit approach to students of color. “For American scholars, 'progressive education' is something of a talisman: we all give it ritual worship, but we rarely question its origins or premises. By contrast, race has become perhaps the dominant theme in contemporary educational studies. In this bold and brilliant study, Thomas Fallace uses our present-day racial lens to critique our historic dogmas about progressive education. We might not like what we see, but we should not look away.” —Jonathan Zimmerman, New York University “This is an important and provocative book. Fallace provides a thoughtful analysis of how race influenced the foundational ideas of progressive educators in America. He has made an important contribution to the history of curriculum and educational reform.” —William B. Stanley, Professor , Curriculum and Instruction, Monmouth University

Download or read book Race and Educational Reform in the American Metropolis written by Dan A. Lewis and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1994-12-23 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Condition or Process Researching Race in Education written by Adrienne D. Dixon and published by American Educational Research Association. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of why we need to think about how we research race demands a conceptualization of race that captures both its social construction and its temporal evolution. We need both an understanding of race and clarity about how we talk about it in our design and conduct of research, and in how we interpret and apply it in our findings. As a field, we can use research on race and racism in education to help construct social change. Our purpose with this volume is to underscore the persistence of the discriminatory actions—processes—and the normalization of the use of race (and class)—conditions—to justify the existing and growing disparity between the quality of life and opportunity for middle-class and more affluent Whites and that for people of color and people of color who live in poverty. As editors of this volume, we wonder what more we could learn and understand about the process and condition of race if we dare to ask bold questions about race and racism and commit to methods and analyses that respect the experiences and knowledges of our research participants and partners.

Download or read book Framing the Gap written by Chela Myesha Delgado and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Framing the Gap by Chela Myesha Delgado Doctor of Philosophy in Education University of California, Berkeley Professor Na'ilah Nasir, Chair During her 2006 speech to the American Educational Research Association, educational researcher and then-AERA president Gloria Ladson-Billings called into question "the wisdom of focusing on the achievement gap as a way of explaining and understanding the persistent inequality that exists (and has always existed) in our nation's schools" (Ladson Billings 2006). What for so long had been considered a `gap', Ladson-Billings posited, could be more accurately considered a debt owed to children of color by schools. Ladson-Billings' reframing of the gap as a debt insisted on a recognition of the historical and contemporary institutional racism of schooling. Calls to re-frame the gap around the effects of structural racism and examine the culpability of schools and schooling systems as a factor of racial inequity, however, have gone largely unheeded. Instead, a majority of national education reform efforts insist on additional academic and behavioral effort on the part of teachers and students as the most effective means to raise the achievement of students of color (Apple 2001, Leonardo 2007, Darling-Hammond 2010, Tyack 1995, Valencia 1997 and 2010). The disconnect between the marketized trend in national education reforms and grounded in a vision of racial justice begged the following research questions: * How does the public understand the achievement gap as a representation of racial inequity in education? * How do frames of the achievement gap shape national perceptions of racial inequality? * What are the possibilities and limitations of these frames for capturing the historical and contemporary roots of racial inequality in schools? * Which frames have been most operationalized in education reform and why? * What are the opportunities and limitations for parents and youth of color to critique and transform dominant frames of the achievement gap? I sought to answer these research questions through a combination of methods: the first was a critical discourse analysis of mainstream representations of the achievement gap. I read and synthesized over 600 articles, reports, policy briefs and speeches to assess the primary frames through which the achievement gap was discussed. To fully understand the ways in which education reform leaders discuss and understand the racial achievement gap, my analytical method of analyzing frames was key. The second research method was a four year ethnography of the 2008-2012 "Voices of the Next Generation" campaign of the San Francisco-based Coleman Advocates, a membership-based community organization of Pacific Islander, Latino and African-American parents and students. Coleman's local organizing work stands in contrast to both mainstream education reform and the media-generated national picture of parents of color--and particularly Black parents--either supporting conservative trends in education or showing little interest in their children's education (Pedroni 2007). My findings show that education reforms intended to narrow or close the achievement gap are grounded in a wide spectrum of diagnostic frames (Goffman 1976, Snow & Benford 2000) --attempts to `diagnose' or explain the achievement gap, and prognostic frames--attempts to solve the gap. In my first chapter, I explain how the gap is measured framing theory as a method of discourse analysis I employ in order to understand dissonant approaches of education reformers in regard to the gap. Chapter two examines the history and origins of racialized educations assessment and the phenomenon of the achievement gap, along with its concurrent diagnostic frames. In Chapter three, I write about the dominant frame in educational reforms designed to close the gap--that of the market. Chapter four details the civil rights and racial justice frames, which seek to recenter racism as an active cause of the gap, and chapter five examines Coleman Advocates' on-the-group attempt to implement an education campaign in San Francisco, California, using the racial justice lens. Finally, I assessed the tensions of these frames. To gain credibility, market-based education reformers have sought to align themselves with parents of color (Hursch 2007, Kumashiro 2008, Pedroni 2007, Stulberg 2008). Underneath the surface, however, it is clear that Black and Latino parents have been more concerned with racial equity in schooling than enamored with standardized tests or charter schools (Mediratta 2001, 2002, 2009; Oakes 2006; Research for Action 2002). As community-based education organization scholar Kavitta Mediratta finds, school reform in the hands of Black and Latino parents often includes demands for culturally relevant curriculum; an end to the system of tracking; mandatory parent communication protocols for teachers; increased teacher quality, improved access for newcomer and special education students to college prep courses; progressive discipline systems; and replacing standardized testing completely with culturally relevant, authentic assessments (field notes, February 7, 2009). Because Coleman is an organized vehicle through which the voices of those most affected by both the achievement gap and education reforms can be heard, the group's work provides a unique opportunity to study and assess an "on the ground" effort to redefine the terms of the educational debate and to win concrete reforms. My research overall seeks to interrogate the commonsense term "achievement gap"; expose the racial framings that shape reform; reexamine the national forces of market-based education; and explore the complexities and challenges of promoting racial justice-based approaches to education reform.

Download or read book This Is Our School written by Hava Rachel Gordon and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How local educational justice movements wrestle with neoliberal school reform Parents, educators, and activists are passionately fighting to improve public schools around the country. In This Is Our School! Hava Rachel Gordon takes us inside these fascinating school reform movements, exploring their origins, aims, and victories as they work to build a better future for our education system. Focusing on a school district in Denver, Colorado, Gordon takes a look at different coalitions within the school reform movement, as well as the surprising competition that arises between them. Drawing on over eighty interviews and ethnographic research, she explores how these groups vie for power, as well as the role that race, class, and gentrification play in shaping their successes and failures, strategies and structures. Gordon shows us what happens when people mobilizefrom the ground up and advocate for educational change. This Is Our School! gives us an inside look at the diverse voices within the school reform movement, each of which plays an important role in the fight to improve public education.

Download or read book The Choice We Face written by Jon Hale and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive history of school choice in the US, from its birth in the 1950s as the most effective weapon to oppose integration to its lasting impact in reshaping the public education system today. Most Americans today see school choice as their inalienable right. In The Choice We Face, scholar Jon Hale reveals what most fail to see: school choice is grounded in a complex history of race, exclusion, and inequality. Through evaluating historic and contemporary education policies, Hale demonstrates how reframing the way we see school choice represents an opportunity to evolve from complicity to action. The idea of school choice, which emerged in the 1950s during the civil rights movement, was disguised by American rhetoric as a symbol of freedom and individualism. Shaped by the ideas of conservative economist Milton Friedman, the school choice movement was a weapon used to oppose integration and maintain racist and classist inequalities. Still supported by Democrats and Republicans alike, this policy continues to shape American education in nuanced ways, Hale shows—from the expansion of for-profit charter schools and civil rights–based reform efforts to the appointment of Betsy DeVos. Exposing the origins of a movement that continues to privilege middle- to upper-class whites while depleting the resources for students left behind, The Choice We Face is a bold, definitive new history that promises to challenge long-held assumptions on education and redefines our moment as an opportunity to save it—a choice we will not have for much longer.

Download or read book Anti Racist Educational Leadership and Policy written by Sarah Diem and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy helps educational leaders better comprehend the racial implications and challenges of the current educational policy landscape. Each chapter unpacks a policy issue such as school choice, school closures, standardized testing, discipline, and school funding, and analyzes it through the racialized and market-driven lenses of the current leadership context. Full of real examples, this book equips aspiring school leaders with the skills to question how a policy addresses or fails to address racism, action-oriented strategies to develop anti-racist solutions, and the tools to encourage their school community to promote racial equity. This important book demystifies a complex policy context and prepares current and future teacher leaders, principals, and superintendents to lead their schools towards more equitable practice. 2021 Winner of the AESA Critics’ Choice Book Award.

Download or read book Those Kids Our Schools written by Shayla Reese Griffin and published by Harvard Education Press. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Those Kids, Our Schools, Shayla Reese Griffin examines patterns of racial interaction in a large, integrated high school and makes a powerful case for the frank conversations that educators could and should be having about race in schools. Over three years, Griffin observed students, teachers, and administrators in a “post-racial” exurban high school in the Midwest. In its hallways, classrooms, lunchrooms, and staff meetings, she uncovered the disturbing ways in which racial tensions and prejudices persist and are reinforced. Students engaged in patterns of behavior that underscored racial hierarchies. Teachers—no matter how intellectually committed to equity and diversity—often lacked the skills, resources, or authority to address racial issues, while administrators failed to acknowledge racial tensions or recognize how school practices and policies perpetuated racial inequality. This astute and thoughtful book offers a revealing glimpse into the world of young people struggling with the legacy of racism. More important, it highlights the disservice being done to all students in our schools when educators fail to critically interrogate issues of race. Griffin’s perceptive analysis illuminates the persistent influence of race in our education system and shows how—with appropriate support—teachers and students can develop the capacity to address racial issues and dynamics in schools in a frank and constructive way.

Download or read book Racism and Education written by Barry Troyna and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work, Troyna draws on his own research into educational policy at both state and institutional level to argue that policy makers and practitioners have avoided getting to grips with one of the central impulses of culturally and ethnically mixed societies: racism.

Download or read book Vicious Circles in Education Reform written by Eric Shyman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vicious Circles traces the history of development of public education and the near simultaneous advent of educational reform from its very beginning. Drawing on history, politics, law, sociology, and educational research, all aspects of public schooling are brought to light using a non-partisan analytical approach. Critically examining areas such as institutional racism, sexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia, as well as the corporatization and privatization of public schooling, Shyman extracts the fundamental problems that have ever plagued, and continue to plague, successful education reform. Essentially, Shyman demonstrates that little progress in the area of education reform has ever been made. Rather, the same misinformed, repackaged efforts by a disconnected and insularly private political elite have continued to be applied, perpetuating a “vicious circle” of failed and misguided attempts at education reform.

Download or read book Education Racism and Reform written by Barry Troyna and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Transformative Schooling written by Vajra M. Watson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-11 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discussions of achievement gaps are commonplace in education reform, but they are rarely interrogated as a symptom of white supremacy. As an act of disruption, award-winning scholar Vajra Watson pierces through the rhetoric and provides a provocative analysis of the ways schools can become more racially inclusive. Her research is grounded in Oakland where longitudinal data demonstrated that Black families were sending their children to school, but the ideals of an oasis of learning were being met with the realities of racism, low expectations, and marginalization. As a response to this intergenerational crisis of miseducation, in 2010, the school district joined forces with community organizers, religious leaders, neighborhood elders, teachers, parents, and students to address institutionalized racism. Seven years later, Watson shares findings from her investigation into the school district’s journey towards justice. What she creates is a wholly original work, filled with penetrating portraits that illuminate the intense and intimate complexities of working towards racial equity in education. As a formidable case study, this research scrutinizes how to reconfigure organizational ecosystems as spaces that humanize, heal, and harmonize. Emerging from her scholarship is a bold, timely, and hopeful vision that paves the way for transformative schooling.

Download or read book Rethinking 21st Century Diversity in Teacher Preparation K 12 Education and School Policy written by Suniti Sharma and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-14 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers educators new understandings of 21st century diversity emerging from contemporary national events within the U.S., global movements, and changes in the world political order that have long-lasting impact on local education and call for rethinking traditional generalizations and empirical prescriptions for inclusivity in teaching and learning. The book expands the literature on teacher preparation and intercultural education by providing the educational community with critical perspectives, theoretical approaches, and research methodologies for educational inquiry responsive to diversity. Driven by changes in classroom diversity this book offers educators, researchers and policy makers a language for articulating complex differences in educational reform, policy and practice.