Pedagogy, Policy, and the Privatized City: Stories of Dispossession and Defiance from New Orleans [Hardcover]

Kristen L. Buras (Author), Jim Randels (Author), Kalamu ya Salaam (Author), Students at the Center (Author), Foreword by Robin D.G. Kelley (Author), Afterword by Zeus Leonardo (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 10, 2010

In cities across the nation, communities of color find themselves resisting state disinvestment and the politics of dispossession. Students at the Center--a writing initiative based in several New Orleans high schools--takes on this struggle through a close examination of race and schools. The book builds on the powerful stories of marginalized youth and their teachers who contest the policies that are destructive to their communities: decentralization, charter schools, market-based educational choice, teachers union-busting, mixed-income housing, and urban redevelopment. Striking commentaries from the foremost scholars of the day explore the wider implications of these stories for pedagogy and educational policy in schools across the United States and the globe. Most importantly, this book reveals what must be done to challenge oppressive conditions and democratize our schools by troubling the vision of city elites who seek to elide students' histories, privatize their schools, and reinvent their neighborhoods.

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About the Author

Kristen L. Buras is assistant professor of urban education and reform at Emory University; Jim Randels is a veteran public school teacher, founder of Students at the Center, and executive vice president of United Teacher of New Orleans; Kalamu ya Salaam is a writer and producer who co-directs Students at the Center, including its digital media work through Neo-Griot Productions; and Students at the Center

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Teachers College Press (June 10, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807750905
• ISBN-13: 978-0807750902
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,964,828 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)