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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... less than the earnings necessary to lift a family above the official poverty line—in 2013, $23,550 for a family of four.) The percentage of people who work full time, year round yet are poor is staggering. In 2000, at the height of a ...
... less than 50% above the poverty line. The SPM is intended to address the fact that the standard measure ignores the hundreds of billions of dollars the needy receive in food stamps, tax credits and other programs, and the similarly ...
... less in the strong economy of 2001 ($17.40/hour or $36,192/year) demonstrates a much larger percentage of poor ... less than 200% of the poverty level, compared to only 20.3% of white families, even though white families make up the ...
... less realistic or comprehensive federal guidelines, the results can be dramatic. For example, in Figure 2.2 we see that the percentage of the poor who are in deep poverty has increased dramatically over recent decades even by official ...
... less true now than it was in 2005. In 2012, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that of the ten occupational groups that will add the most jobs between 2010 and 2020, “five do not even require a high-school education. Three require ...
المحتوى
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 | |