Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and A New Social MovementRoutledge, 14/03/2014 - 244 من الصفحات The core argument of Jean Anyon’s classic Radical Possibilities is deceptively simple: if we do not direct our attention to the ways in which federal and metropolitan policies maintain the poverty that plagues communities in American cities, urban school reform as currently conceived is doomed to fail. With every chapter thoroughly revised and updated, this edition picks up where the 2005 publication left off, including a completely new chapter detailing how three decades of political decisions leading up to the “Great Recession” produced an economic crisis of epic proportions. By tracing the root causes of the financial crisis, Anyon effectively demonstrates the concrete effects of economic decision-making on the education sector, revealing in particular the disastrous impacts of these policies on black and Latino communities. Going beyond lament, Radical Possibilities offers those interested in a better future for the millions of America’s poor families a set of practical and theoretical insights. Expanding on her paradigm for combating educational injustice, Anyon discusses the Occupy Wall Street movement as a recent example of popular resistance in this new edition, set against a larger framework of civil rights history. A ringing call to action, Radical Possibilities reminds readers that throughout U.S. history, equitable public policies have typically been created as a result of the political pressure brought to bear by social movements. Ultimately, Anyon’s revelations teach us that the current moment contains its own very real radical possibilities. |
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... segregate low-income workers of color in urban areas, and industrial and other job development in far-flung suburbs ... segregation should be part of the educational policy panoply as well—for these have consequences for urban ...
... segregation. More than half of all poor people live in fiscally stressed suburbs or towns outside the central city, with an increasing number of neighborhoods of concentrated poverty there. A number of social scientists concerned about ...
... segregated suburbs; and fed- eral and state taxes paid by residents throughout metro regions (including inner cities) support profit-producing development that takes place primarily in the affluent suburbs. These inequitable regional ...
... segregation of blacks in public schools became illegal. In the 1970s and '80s, the women's, disabilities, and bilingual education movements also had significant impacts on schooling—opening up opportuni- ties previously denied great ...
... segregation must become companion goals of urban educational reform . Moreover , we need to contemplate the strategic strength that will be required to put humane public policies in place . I believe a social movement for economic and ...
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PART II Federal Policies that Maintain Poverty | 27 |
PART III Metro Area Inequities | 89 |
PART IV Social Movements New Public Policy and Urban Educational Reform | 127 |
Bibliography | 188 |
Index | 223 |