Transformative schooling : towards racial equity in education / Vajra M. Watson.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2018.
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| Abstract: | Discussions of achievement gaps are commonplace in education reform, but they are rarely interrogated as a symptom of white supremacy. As an act of disruption, award-winning scholar Vajra Watson pierces through the rhetoric and provides a provocative analysis of the ways schools can become more racially inclusive. Her research is grounded in Oakland where longitudinal data demonstrated that Black families were sending their children to school, but the ideals of an oasis of learning were being met with the realities of racism, low expectations, and marginalization. As a response to this intergenerational crisis of miseducation, in 2010, the school district joined forces with community organizers, religious leaders, neighborhood elders, teachers, parents, and students to address institutionalized racism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 168 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-162) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1315101300 9781315101309 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 17, 2018) |