Our schools suck : students talk back to a segregated nation on the failures of urban education.

Our schools suck : students talk back to a segregated nation on the failures of urban education.

"Our schools suck." This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures like Bill Cos...

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Main Author: Alonso, Gaston
Other Authors: Anderson, Noel S., Su, Celina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Education, Urban > United States.
De facto school segregation > United States.
Minority teenagers > Education > United States.
Minority teenagers > United States > Attitudes.
De facto school segregation
Education, Urban
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Culture Trap: Talking about Young People of Color and Their Education; 2 "I Hate It When People Treat Me Like a Fxxx-Up": Phony Theories, Segregated Schools, and the Culture of Aspiration among African American and Latino Teenagers; 3 "They Ain't Hiring Kids from My Neighborhood": Young Men of Color Negotiating Public Schools and Poor Work Options in New York City; 4 "Where Youth Have an Actual Voice": Teenagers as Empowered Stakeholders in School Reform; Conclusion; Methodological Appendix: Listening to Young People.

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