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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... earned about 16% of all domestic corporate profits. In 1986, the figure was 19%. Between 2000 and 2009 the share of financial sector profits reached 41%—almost half of all domestic corporate profits (Johnson, 2009). A primary method by ...
... earned $1.10 less per hour in 1995 than their counterparts did in 1973. The earnings of the average American family did improve slightly over this period, but only through a dramatic increase in the number of hours worked and the share ...
... earned poverty-zone wages—in 1999, $10.24/hour ($21,299/year) or less, working full time, year round (ibid., Table 2.10, p. 130). Two years later, in 2001, 38.4% earned poverty-zone wages working full time, year round (in 2001, 125% of ...
... earned 200% of the poverty level or less in the strong economy of 2001 ($17.40/hour or $36,192/year) demonstrates a much larger percentage of poor employees than was commonly acknowledged: 84.3% of Hispanic workers, 80% of black workers ...
... earned income tax credit, which makes the most difference, mitigates the incidence of official poverty by only 2%. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a federal tax credit for low- and moderate-income working families and individuals ...
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Federal Policies That Keep People Poor | |
Income Wealth and Taxes | |
New Hope for Urban Students | |
Metro Areas and the Regional Geography of Poverty Job and Public | |
Housing Reform as Education Reform | |
Regional and Local Challenges to Inequity | |
Social Movements New Public Policy and Urban Educational | |
Building a Social Movement | |
Putting Educators at the Center of a Social Movement for Economic | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |