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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... labor organizing; Federal Reserve Bank pronouncements that ignore its mandate to maintain a high level of employment; free trade agreements that send thousands of corporations—and their job opportunities—to other countries; and more ...
... labor, and housing markets that characterize U.S. metro areas. They have found the following: Most entry-level jobs for which those with limited education are qualified are located in the outlying suburbs; federal and state public ...
... labor battles were necessary before legislation in 1938 finally provided the legal end to child labor, an eight-hour day, a 40-hour week, and a minimum wage. This decades-long, vociferous advocacy also culminated in the 1930s in the ...
... Labor Secretary Robert Reich was moved to ask why Americans didn't get equity in the firms when we bailed them out (that is, get part of the profits when things got better) like Warren Buffett did when he bailed out Goldman Sachs. Bank.
... For example, domestic institutions may include the state of labor-management relations as well as individual unions; the character of industrial organization, and specific corporations; the role of money, banking, and finance, as well.
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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 | |