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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... major protests in the South. During those years I joined protests against the Vietnam War, and rejoiced when the 10-year-old movement met with success and U.S. troops were withdrawn from Vietnam in 1973. After seven years, I left city ...
... major disappointments in these latter efforts as well, although there are some interesting successes. Chapter Eight closes Part III with an assessment of the efforts of regional coalitions of community organizations in metro areas, and ...
... major investment banks could borrow more (without commensurate increases in collateral like cash and assets) than regulations had previously allowed (Labaton, 2008). As a result, the major banks were soon highly leveraged. Before the ...
... major contributor to the 1929 crash and the bank runs of the early 1930s. But the financialization that has taken hold of the U.S. economy since 1980 is singular in its intricate and arcane technologies and its global interconnectedness ...
... major architect of the post-war Bretton Woods treaty of 1944 that laid out political and economic arrangements in ... major driver of the economy (Foster, 2008). Private non-residential investment in business and production was also high ...
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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 | |