A brighter choice : building a just school in an unequal city /

Follow a group of mostly Black parents in gentrifying Brooklyn as they learn to share their public elementary school with white newcomers. Hurt feelings and misunderstandings push parents apart, but they work to build mutual trust and interracial solidarity to fight for better schools for all.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hemphill, Clara, 1953- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Teachers College Press, [2023].
Subjects:	Racism in education > New York (State) > New York. School choice > New York (State) > New York. Parents' and teachers' associations > New York (State) > New York. African American parents > New York (State) > New York. Gentrification > New York (State) > New York. Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.) > Race relations.

Description
Summary:	Follow a group of mostly Black parents in gentrifying Brooklyn as they learn to share their public elementary school with white newcomers. Hurt feelings and misunderstandings push parents apart, but they work to build mutual trust and interracial solidarity to fight for better schools for all.
Physical Description:	viii, 168 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780807767986 0807767980 9780807767993 0807767999