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Within critical discussions of school reform, researchers and activists are often of two camps. Some focus their analyses on neoliberal economic agendas, while others center on racial inequality. These analyses often happen in isolation, continuing to divide those concerned with educational justice into It's race! vs. It's class! camps. What's Race Got To Do With It? brings together these frameworks to investigate the role that race plays in hallmark policies of neoliberal school reforms such as school closings, high-stakes testing, and charter school proliferation. The group of scholar activist authors in this volume were selected because of their cutting-edge racial economic analysis, understanding of corporate reform, and involvement in grassroots social movements. Each author applies a racial economic framework to inform and complicate our analysis of how market-based reforms collectively increase wealth inequality and maintain White supremacy. In accessible language, contributors trace the historical context of a single reform, examine how that reform maintains and expands racial and economic inequality, and share grassroots stories of resistance to these reforms. By analyzing current reforms through this dual lens, those concerned with social justice are better equipped to struggle against this constellation of reforms in ways that unite rather than divide.Product Identifiers
PublisherPeter Lang Publishing Inc
ISBN-139781433128844
eBay Product ID (ePID)212314253
Product Key Features
Subject AreaRegional History, Experimental Psychology
Publication NameWhat's Race Got To Do With It?: How Current School Reform Policy Maintains Racial and Economic Inequality
SubjectSociology, Strategy
Publication Year2015
TypeStudy Guide
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorBree Picower, Edwin Mayorga
Dimensions
Item Height230 mm
Item Weight420 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Series TitleCritical Multicultural Perspectives on Whiteness
EditorBree Picower, Edwin Mayorga