Those Kids, Our Schools (eBook)

Race and Reform in an American High School

Shayla Reese Griffin (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017
320 Seiten
Harvard Education Press (Verlag)
978-1-61250-768-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Those Kids, Our Schools examines patterns of racial interaction in a large, integrated high school and makes a powerful case for the frank conversations that educators could and should be having about race in schools.

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InThose Kids, Our Schools, Shayla Reese Griffin examines patterns of racial interaction in a large, integrated high school and makes a powerful case for the frank conversations that educators could and should be having about race in schools.Over three years, Griffin observed students, teachers, and administrators in a ';post-racial' exurban high school in the Midwest. In its hallways, classrooms, lunchrooms, and staff meetings, she uncovered the disturbing ways in which racial tensions and prejudices persist and are reinforced. Students engaged in patterns of behavior that underscored racial hierarchies. Teachersno matter how intellectually committed to equity and diversityoften lacked the skills, resources, or authority to address racial issues, while administrators failed to acknowledge racial tensions or recognize how school practices and policies perpetuated racial inequality.This astute and thoughtful book offers a revealing glimpse into the world of young people struggling with the legacy of racism. More important, it highlights the disservice being done to all students in our schools when educators fail to critically interrogate issues of race. Griffin's perceptive analysis illuminates the persistent influence of race in our education system and shows howwith appropriate supportteachers and students can develop the capacity to address racial issues and dynamics in schools in a frank and constructive way.

Autor

Shayla Reese Griffin is the diversity and school culture consultant for the Washtenaw (Michigan) Intermediate School District and director of Creating Culturally Proficient Communities, a five-year initiative to improve racial and economic justice in Ypsilanti Community Schools.  William Jelani Cobb is an associate professor of history and the director of the African Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut.

Inhalt

CONTENTS Foreword ix Prologue xiiiIntroduction: The Continuing Significance of Race in America’s Integrated Schools 1Part I: Students1  Racial Humor 252  Racial Performance 513  Intimidation and Fighting 714  “Full-Blown Racists” 83Part II: Teachers5  See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil 996  The Cycle of Mutual Disrespect 1177  Reframing Race 135Part III: Administrators 8  "No One at the Table" 1599  "The Jefferson Way" 179Part IV: Intervention 10  Learning Not to Be Racist 201Conclusion: Rethinking Reform 229Appendix: Discussion Questions 241Notes 247Acknowledgments 259About the Author 263Index 265  

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.11.2017
• Vorwort: William Jelani Cobb
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Grundschule
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Schulpädagogik / Sekundarstufe I+II
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: changing racial demographics • failure of school to address diversity • family income comparison • No Child Left Behind • racial disparities in discipline • Racism in Schools • social basis of racism
• ISBN-10: 1-61250-768-9 / 1612507689
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61250-768-2 / 9781612507682