The enduring legacy : structured inequality in America's public schools /

"The book outlines the historical, political and pedagogical reality of growing segregation and racial isolation in America's 21st century public schools. It explores the dialectic between the philosophies of inclusion and exclusion, examining an underlying contradiction: public education...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryan, Mark, 1947- (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2020]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The book outlines the historical, political and pedagogical reality of growing segregation and racial isolation in America's 21st century public schools. It explores the dialectic between the philosophies of inclusion and exclusion, examining an underlying contradiction: public education that continually postures to be ever more inclusive while simultaneously perpetuating an exclusive system through systematized discrimination to maintain inequality. The book concludes that undoing re-segregation is imperative to achieve social justice and a better education for all children"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 161 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780472127276
0472127276
9780472903986
0472903985