Beschreibung:
The Complex Web of Inequality in North American Schools analyzes and challenges the critical gaps and inequalities that persist in the American school system. Showing how historical biases have been inherited in current polices relating to non-dominant youth, the text calls for educational reforms that perform in the name of social justice.
Part I: Overview 1. When Policy Reform Really Means Restructuring an Unethical World in a way that Allows us to Sleep at Night PART II Silences Voices 2. "How long do we have to wait?": Re-conceptualizing "diversity policy" as a racial formation (Sophia Rodriguez) 3. Unfinished Bridges over the Digital Divide: A Case Study in 1:1 Technology and Community Engagement (Stacy Gherardi) PART III Accounting for History and Structure 4. Preschool to Prison Pipeline: Special education, discipline, and the unintended consequences of IDEA (Green and McKenzie) 5. The intended and unintended Consequences of School Turnaround: A case study of