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Book Synopsis
Drawing from the experiences of Black parents as they engaged with their children’s schools, this book brings a critical race theory analysis to family-school partnerships. It examines racism and white supremacy at school, Black parents’ resistance, and ways school communities can engage in more authentic partnerships with Black and Brown families.

Table of Contents
  • Contents
  • Series Foreword
  • James A. Banks ix
  • Preface xv
  • Acknowledgments xix
  • 1. The Racial Reality of Schools for Black Families 1
  • "The Most Livable City" . . . For Whites Only 2
  • The Parent Participants 3
  • Black Lives Matter: The 2014–15 School Year Context 4
  • Critical Race Theory 7
  • A More Liberatory Future With CRT 12
  • 2. Racial Realist Parent Engagement 13
  • "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't, Apparently" 14
  • Parents' Approaches to Teaching Children About Anti-Black Racism 20
  • Racial Realist Parent Engagement as a Framework for School Partnerships With Black Families 26
  • 3. Resisting Individualism and Engaging for the Collective 29
  • In Everyday School Involvement 30
  • When Choosing Schools and Extracurriculars 33
  • In the Community 35
  • In Parent Groups 37
  • Engaging for Collective Educational Justice 38
  • 4. The Persistence of White Supremacy in Shared School Governance 40
  • Restrictive, Still-Restrictive, and Expansive Visions of Equality 42
  • Parent Teacher Organizations 44
  • African American Empowering Parent Groups 48
  • The African American Parent Council 52
  • BOSD's Still-Restrictive Visions of Equality 53
  • 5. Five Years Later: The Ongoing Salience of Racial Realist Parent Engagement 55
  • The New Sociopolitical Context of 2019 56
  • Persistence of Racial Realist Parent Engagement Across Time and Space 57
  • Strategically Stepping Away From Shared School Governance 62
  • Calling on Educators to Join Black Families in Resisting 63
  • 6. In Conclusion: Mapping More Liberatory Family–School Partnerships 64
  • Untethering Education Quality From Individual Parents' Engagement 65
  • Reorienting Toward Collective Educational Justice 67
  • Expansive Equality in Shared School Governance 69
  • Conclusion 72
  • Appendix: Study Methodology 73
  • Recruiting Participants 74
  • Participant Demographics 74
  • Data Collection 75
  • Data Analysis 77
  • Humanizing Research 77
  • Notes 79
  • References 81
  • Index 85
  • About the Author 89

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    Publisher: Teachers' College Press
    Publication Date: 22/07/2022
    ISBN13: 9780807767245, 978-0807767245
    ISBN10: 0807767247
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Drawing from the experiences of Black parents as they engaged with their children’s schools, this book brings a critical race theory analysis to family-school partnerships. It examines racism and white supremacy at school, Black parents’ resistance, and ways school communities can engage in more authentic partnerships with Black and Brown families.

    Table of Contents
    • Contents
    • Series Foreword
    • James A. Banks ix
    • Preface xv
    • Acknowledgments xix
    • 1. The Racial Reality of Schools for Black Families 1
    • "The Most Livable City" . . . For Whites Only 2
    • The Parent Participants 3
    • Black Lives Matter: The 2014–15 School Year Context 4
    • Critical Race Theory 7
    • A More Liberatory Future With CRT 12
    • 2. Racial Realist Parent Engagement 13
    • "Damned If You Do, Damned If You Don't, Apparently" 14
    • Parents' Approaches to Teaching Children About Anti-Black Racism 20
    • Racial Realist Parent Engagement as a Framework for School Partnerships With Black Families 26
    • 3. Resisting Individualism and Engaging for the Collective 29
    • In Everyday School Involvement 30
    • When Choosing Schools and Extracurriculars 33
    • In the Community 35
    • In Parent Groups 37
    • Engaging for Collective Educational Justice 38
    • 4. The Persistence of White Supremacy in Shared School Governance 40
    • Restrictive, Still-Restrictive, and Expansive Visions of Equality 42
    • Parent Teacher Organizations 44
    • African American Empowering Parent Groups 48
    • The African American Parent Council 52
    • BOSD's Still-Restrictive Visions of Equality 53
    • 5. Five Years Later: The Ongoing Salience of Racial Realist Parent Engagement 55
    • The New Sociopolitical Context of 2019 56
    • Persistence of Racial Realist Parent Engagement Across Time and Space 57
    • Strategically Stepping Away From Shared School Governance 62
    • Calling on Educators to Join Black Families in Resisting 63
    • 6. In Conclusion: Mapping More Liberatory Family–School Partnerships 64
    • Untethering Education Quality From Individual Parents' Engagement 65
    • Reorienting Toward Collective Educational Justice 67
    • Expansive Equality in Shared School Governance 69
    • Conclusion 72
    • Appendix: Study Methodology 73
    • Recruiting Participants 74
    • Participant Demographics 74
    • Data Collection 75
    • Data Analysis 77
    • Humanizing Research 77
    • Notes 79
    • References 81
    • Index 85
    • About the Author 89

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