Description
Book SynopsisOver a decade ago, the first edition of
City Schools and the American Dream debuted just as reformers were gearing up to make sweeping changes in urban education. More than a new edition, this sequel has been substantially revised to include insights from new research, recent demographic trends, and emerging political realities.
Table of Contents
- Series Foreword James A. Banks
- Preface
- 1. City Schools Revisited: The Politics and Possibilities of Urban Education
- Introduction
- NCLB and The Emergence of a New Education Reform Movement
- The Legacy Of NCLB: Wide-Ranging Impacts, Little Improvement
- A New Era of Reform Under Trump?
- The Urban Context: Change and Consistency
- 2. The Social Context and Its Impact on Inner-City Schooling
- The Making of the City and Its Schools: Urbanization, Segregation, and the Accumulation of Disadvantage.
- Re-Making The "Urban": The Changing Character of City Schools
- The Need for Contextual Explanations: The Case of School Closures
- A Wider Focus: Bringing Contexts into our Work
- 3. The Role of Schools in Reducing Racial Inequality
- Structural Racism and The Persistence of Racial Disparities
- A Day in the Life: Racial Disparities in Lived Experience
- Changing Paradigms of Race
- Seeking Possibilities: Teaching for Racial Justice
- Without Honors: Race and the Mechanisms of Tracking
- Conclusion
- 4. The Power to Change: Limits and Opportunities in School Reform
- A View from the Top: Power and Elite-led Reforms
- Power to the Person: Charters and the Individualization of Change
- People Power: Building Capacity at the Grassroots
- Bringing it all Together: California and School Finance Reforms
- Conclusion
- 5. Safety, Security and the Threat of Violence in Urban Schools
- Beyond Fear: Understanding and Responding to Threats to School Safety
- The Sociology of Violence in Urban Areas
- Addressing Violence by Building and Repairing Trust
- The Role of Trust in Promoting Safety in Schools
- Conclusion
- 6. Conclusion: Still Pursuing the Dream
- Can We Learn From Success?
- From Reform to Transformation
- Expanding Access to Educational Opportunity
- Addressing the Structural Barriers to Change
- Recognizing Constraints and Acting on Possibilities for Change
- References
- Index
- About the Authors
