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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... ofyoung people's engagement in civic activism: Urban students involved in overt political struggle for their educational and other rights not only improve their schools and communities, but typically end Introduction 11.
... typically end up enhancing their own psychological development and educational achievement in the pro- cess. Chapter Eleven offers extensive protocols for working with students on pro- gressive issue campaigns and direct political ...
... typically depend on loans and other forms of credit to operate—were forced to slow or stop produc- tion. In the last three months of2008, over a million and a halfjobs were lost—the largest quarterly loss as a percentage of employment ...
... typically defined as the shift of economic activity from the production of goods and the provision of services to the accumulation of profits through interest, dividends, and capital gains accumulated through speculation and other forms ...
... typically passes it on to others as they purchase rights to part ofthe mortgage payment flows. In addition to ... typical; the ratio soon shot up to 33 to one.1 Complex Investment Technologies These financial products—particularly ...
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PART II Federal Policies that Maintain Poverty | 27 |
PART III Metro Area Inequities | 89 |
PART IV Social Movements New Public Policy and Urban Educational Reform | 127 |
Bibliography | 188 |
Index | 223 |