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PublisherLang A&G International Academic Publishers, Peter

ISBN-100820478792

ISBN-139780820478791

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Number of PagesX, 144 Pages

Publication NameDifferent View of Urban Schools : Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, and Unexplored Realities

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Urban, Adult & Continuing Education, Discrimination & Race Relations, Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Aims & Objectives

Publication Year2006

FeaturesNew Edition

TypeTextbook

AuthorKitty Kelly Epstein

Subject AreaSocial Science, Education

SeriesCounterpoints Ser.: Studies in Criticality

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Weight8.1 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.3 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2005-022532

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Edition23

Reviews«Kitty Epstein tells a fascinating revisionist history of the evolution and struggles around public education. She is uniquely qualified to do so, as a central participant in the events, and as a theorist of the impact of racism in American education. Epstein joins the short list of social scientists who have studied their problem by embedding themselves in it personally. The result is to provide a new perspective on what educational reform requires in American cities.» (John Roemer, Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics, Department of Political Science, Yale University) «Kitty Kelly Epstein's scholarship is embedded in her lifetime of active engagement in the educational civil rights struggle. Kelly Epstein deconstructs, chapter and verse, the many 'urban myths' about public schools held by both liberals and conservatives and posits an alternate argument based on «five, basic, unchanging and generally unmentioned realities» about U.S. education... Epstein's book is imbued with a 'critical hope' based on her existential understanding that without struggle at both the school and societal levels, there is no educational progress. She argues persuasively that rigorous critique and struggles within schools, school systems, and the society at large can provide the momentum for transformative educational and social change. Having chronicled the past successes of such progressive struggles in Oakland, she outlines the makings of a multiracial, «people's program for educational change». Her book is a clear-noted reveille for the necessary national movement for education as a civil right.» (Luis O. Reyes, Visiting Fellow, Lehman College CUNY; Former Member, New York City Board of Education) «Kitty Kelly Epstein is a bold and visionary activist, educator, and storyteller. In this clear account, she analyzes a history of racism in education politics in order to argue for a living, active, and inclusive democracy. She shows us convincingly that, only by being honest about racism in our past and present, can we construct the excellent schools that urban communities want and deserve.» (Christine Sleeter, Emeritus Professor, California State University Monterey Bay; Author of 'Multicultural Education as Social Activism') «Some U.S. policy makers were so disturbed by the power of the Civil Rights Movement that they have been revising the story ever since, implying that African American leadership did not accomplish much of substance, especially in the field of education. In this book, Kitty Kelly Epstein presents a clear record of African American achievement in challenging inequity, even in an arena as filled with confusion as the world of U.S. public schools.» (Danny Glover, actor, producer, social activist) «Parents, teachers and social activists should read 'A Different View of Urban School'. It describes the little known racial roots of standardized testing; the challenge of the northern Civil Rights Movement to institutionalized racism in American education; the success of this ongoing movement in challenging the tracking system, racist textbooks, and the lack of teachers of color; and the undemocratic maneuvers of conservative sectors of the white business community who were intent on returning urban school districts to their control.» (Hari Dillon, President, Vanguard Public Foundation), «Kitty Epstein tells a fascinating revisionist history of the evolution and struggles around public education. She is uniquely qualified to do so, as a central participant in the events, and as a theorist of the impact of racism in American education. Epstein joins the short list of social scientists who have studied their problem by embedding themselves in it personally. The result is to provide a new perspective on what educational reform requires in American cities.» (John Roemer, Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics, Department of Political Science, Yale University) «Kitty Kelly Epstein_s scholarship is embedded in her lifetime of active engagement in the educational civil rights struggle. Kelly Epstein deconstructs, chapter and verse, the many _urban myths_ about public schools held by both liberals and conservatives and posits an alternate argument based on «five, basic, unchanging and generally unmentioned realities» about U.S. education... Epstein_s book is imbued with a _critical hope_ based on her existential understanding that without struggle at both the school and societal levels, there is no educational progress. She argues persuasively that rigorous critique and struggles within schools, school systems, and the society at large can provide the momentum for transformative educational and social change. Having chronicled the past successes of such progressive struggles in Oakland, she outlines the makings of a multiracial, «people_s program for educational change». Her book is a clear-noted reveille for the necessary national movement for education as a civil right.» (Luis O. Reyes, Visiting Fellow, Lehman College CUNY; Former Member, New York City Board of Education) «Kitty Kelly Epstein is a bold and visionary activist, educator, and storyteller. In this clear account, she analyzes a history of racism in education politics in order to argue for a living, active, and inclusive democracy. She shows us convincingly that, only by being honest about racism in our past and present, can we construct the excellent schools that urban communities want and deserve.» (Christine Sleeter, Emeritus Professor, California State University Monterey Bay; Author of _Multicultural Education as Social Activism_) «Some U.S. policy makers were so disturbed by the power of the Civil Rights Movement that they have been revising the story ever since, implying that African American leadership did not accomplish much of substance, especially in the field of education. In this book, Kitty Kelly Epstein presents a clear record of African American achievement in challenging inequity, even in an arena as filled with confusion as the world of U.S. public schools.» (Danny Glover, actor, producer, social activist) «Parents, teachers and social activists should read _A Different View of Urban School_. It describes the little known racial roots of standardized testing; the challenge of the northern Civil Rights Movement to institutionalized racism in American education; the success of this ongoing movement in challenging the tracking system, racist textbooks, and the lack of teachers of color; and the undemocratic maneuvers of conservative sectors of the white business community who were intent on returning urban school districts to their control.» (Hari Dillon, President, Vanguard Public Foundation), Kitty Epstein tells a fascinating revisionist history of the evolution and struggles around public education. She is uniquely qualified to do so, as a central participant in the events, and as a theorist of the impact of racism in American education. Epstein joins the short list of social scientists who have studied their problem by embedding themselves in it personally. The result is to provide a new perspective on what educational reform requires in American cities. (John Roemer, Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics, Department of Political Science, Yale University) Kitty Kelly Epstein's scholarship is embedded in her lifetime of active engagement in the educational civil rights struggle. Kelly Epstein deconstructs, chapter and verse, the many 'urban myths' about public schools held by both liberals and conservatives and posits an alternate argument based on five, basic, unchanging and generally unmentioned realities about U.S. education... Epstein's book is imbued with a 'critical hope' based on her existential understanding that without struggle at both the school and societal levels, there is no educational progress. She argues persuasively that rigorous critique and struggles within schools, school systems, and the society at large can provide the momentum for transformative educational and social change. Having chronicled the past successes of such progressive struggles in Oakland, she outlines the makings of a multiracial, people's program for educational change. Her book is a clear-noted reveille for the necessary national movement for education as a civil right. (Luis O. Reyes, Visiting Fellow, Lehman College CUNY; Former Member, New York City Board of Education) Kitty Kelly Epstein is a bold and visionary activist, educator, and storyteller. In this clear account, she analyzes a history of racism in education politics in order to argue for a living, active, and inclusive democracy. She shows us convincingly that, only by being honest about racism in our past and present, can we construct the excellent schools that urban communities want and deserve. (Christine Sleeter, Emeritus Professor, California State University Monterey Bay; Author of 'Multicultural Education as Social Activism') Some U.S. policy makers were so disturbed by the power of the Civil Rights Movement that they have been revising the story ever since, implying that African American leadership did not accomplish much of substance, especially in the field of education. In this book, Kitty Kelly Epstein presents a clear record of African American achievement in challenging inequity, even in an arena as filled with confusion as the world of U.S. public schools. (Danny Glover, actor, producer, social activist) Parents, teachers and social activists should read 'A Different View of Urban School'. It describes the little known racial roots of standardized testing; the challenge of the northern Civil Rights Movement to institutionalized racism in American education; the success of this ongoing movement in challenging the tracking system, racist textbooks, and the lack of teachers of color; and the undemocratic maneuvers of conservative sectors of the white business community who were intent on returning urban school districts to their control. (Hari Dillon, President, Vanguard Public Foundation)

Series Volume Number291

Dewey Decimal371.009173/2

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisA Different View of Urban Schools tells a fascinating story about the realities of urban education in America. It provides new insights on teacher selection and preparation, curriculum, school takeovers, federal legislation, the role of business, and the impact of the civil rights movement on urban schools. The result is a new perspective on what educational reform requires in American cities. This book will be useful to teachers, policy makers, school board members, and parents, as well as classes in multicultural education, ethnic studies, and the social foundations of education., Counterpoints publishes the most compelling and imaginative books being written in education today. Grounded on the theoretical advances in criticalism, feminism and postmodernism in the last two decades of the twentieth century, Counterpoints engages the meaning of these innovations in various forms of educational expression. Committed to the proposition that theoretical literature should be accessible to a variety of audiences, the series insists that its authors avoid esoteric and jargonistic languages that transform educational scholarship into an elite discourse for the initiated.

LC Classification NumberLC5141.E67 2006

Counterpoints Ser.: Studies in Criticality: Different View of Urban Schools : Civil Rights, Critical Race Theory, and Unexplored Realities by Kitty Kelly Epstein (2006, Trade Paperback)

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