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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... research and development) was a major driver of the economy (Foster, 2008). Private non-residential investment in business and production was also high during the Keynesian SSA, stimulating the strong business growth of the period (ibid ...
... Research in the 1950s showed that families spent about a third of their budget on food. Since that time, however, the costs of housing and health care have skyrocketed. Thus, most families today spend only about a fifth of their income ...
... research discussed next documents that working families with income up to 200% of the poverty line experience practically as many hardships as families who are officially poor (Boushey, Brocht, Gundersen, and Bernstsein, 2001). A ...
... Research using the SPM, discussed above, offers a picture of how these policies make a difference in the lives of ... Researchers have found even such meager supplements to poor families make a positive difference in their lives and in ...
... Research by Richard Murnane and Frank Levy shows that controlling for a person's mathematics or reading skills while a high school senior eliminates a substantial portion of the growth in the college-to-high-school wage premium in a ...
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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 | |