Schools as Radical Sanctuaries - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Schools as Radical Sanctuaries write by René Antrop-González. This book was released on 2011-11-01. Schools as Radical Sanctuaries available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Large, comprehensive urban high schools were designed and constructed with the belief that they could meet the needs of all its students, academic and otherwise. By and large, however, these schools have only done a good job of sorting students for specific jobs in a society based on capitalism and White supremacy. Consequently, students schooled in these large institutions are often sorted depending on how they are situated and/or perceived by institutional agents (i.e. teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, and other staff) along racial/ethnic, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability lines. The overall result of such structurally and culturally-based discriminatory practices has led to astronomically horrendous dropout/pushout rates among urban youth, particularly those of color who live in poverty. However, in such a sea of despair, there exist islands of hope and miracles. These islands of hope and miracles are constituted of small high schools that have become sanctuaries for their students, their families, and communities of color. Moreover, not only do these school sanctuaries exist, but they have the potential to serve as inspirations to communities that are looking to the small schools initiative as a possible solution to the widespread failure of large, comprehensive high schools to serve their needs. Although much recent small schools research discusses the benefits of smallness, very little of this research demonstrates or acknowledges the various ways in which communities have created small schools that have established the necessary conditions to make them sustainable, culturally relevant, and linked to social justice while greatly impacting the improved academic achievement of their students. Therefore, the focus of this book is to advance the school as radical sanctuary concept as described through the history, curricula, and experiences of urban youth and their teachers in two small urban high schools. This book is important for those educationists who wish to deepen their understanding of small school reform and its implications for urban education.
Radical School Reform
Radical School Reform - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Radical School Reform write by Beatrice Gross. This book was released on 1969. Radical School Reform available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Radical Possibilities
Radical Possibilities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Radical Possibilities write by Jean Anyon. This book was released on 2005. Radical Possibilities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Anyon discusses the influence of federal and metropolitan policies and practices on the poverty that plagues schools and communities in American cities and segregated, low-income suburbs. She argues that these public policies...such as those regulating the minimum wage, job availability, tax rates, federal transit, and affordable housing...all create conditions in urban areas that no education policy as currently conceived can transcend, and that we must replace these federal and metro-area policies with more equitable ones so that urban school reform can have positive life consequences for students. Anyon reminds us that historically, equitable public policies have been typically created as a result of the political pressure brought to bear by social movements. Basing her analysis on new research in civil rights history and social movement theory, she explains how the current moment offers serious possibilities for the creation of such a force. – from publisher description.
Radical Care
Radical Care - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Radical Care write by Rosa L. Rivera-McCutchen. This book was released on 2021. Radical Care available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Educators often invoke the term care to describe why they entered the field and what compels them to continue. This book argues that care, as typically described and enacted, is not sufficient for leading schools, particularly those serving Black and Brown children. Instead, school leaders need to embrace radical care. Drawing from 20 years of researching and working in New York City public schools, Rosa Rivera-McCutchen outlines the five components of radical care: adopting an antiracist stance, cultivating authentic relationships, believing in students’ and teachers’ capacity for excellence, strategically leveraging power, and embracing a spirit of radical hope. To demonstrate practical strategies, the author shares vignettes from her personal experiences that exemplify each of the components. Calling for today’s school leaders to thoughtfully challenge existing structures that reproduce inequality, Radical Care offers a much-needed framework that will guide leadership practice with a sense of urgency and a spirit of hope. Book Features: Focuses on the school principal as critical catalyst for school transformation.Centers antiracism as essential to leadership practice.Includes practical strategies for navigating the sociopolitical and policy climate.Offers a roadmap for engaging teachers and staff in practicing radical care.
Radical School Reform
Radical School Reform - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Radical School Reform write by Beatrice Gross. This book was released on 1970. Radical School Reform available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
