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

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Alonso, Gaston
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Education, Urban > United States.
De facto school segregation > United States.
Minority teenagers > Education > United States.
Minority teenagers > United States > Attitudes.
Table of Contents:
  • Culture trap: talking about young people of color and their education
  • "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
  • "They ain't hiring kids from my neighborhood": young men of color negotiating public schools and poor work options in New York City
  • "Where youth have an actual voice": teenagers as empowered stakeholders in school reform.