Reimagining School Integration
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Reimagining School Integration
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Author : Jennifer B. Ayscue
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2024-08-01
Reimagining School Integration written by Jennifer B. Ayscue and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-01 with Education categories.
Since the peak of school desegregation in the late 1980s, schools across the nation have been resegregating such that schools are now as segregated as they were during the late 1960s. Segregation is systematically linked to unequal educational opportunities and outcomes while integration, when well structured, is associated with numerous short-term and long-term academic and social benefits for individuals and society. In a time when public education is under attack and our nation is deeply divided along the lines of race, class, and politics, the potential of integration to create more equitable educational opportunities and outcomes for individual students as well as greater social cohesion for our democratic, pluralistic society is more important than ever. Seventy years after the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision ruled that segregated schools are inherently unequal, this book reimagines what integration is and could be in our nation’s current context of racial and political polarization, the expansion of unregulated choice in public education, and an increasingly diverse, multiracial public school enrollment. Through an exploration of research and policy, this book develops a new conceptualization of integration by describing the contemporary drivers of segregation and recommending strategies to create a more equitable, meaningful, equal -status form of educational integration for the future. This book is a valuable resource for policymakers, scholars, educators, and concerned citizens who are invested in learning about one way to help create a more equitable and just education system.
Alone But Integrated
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Author : Pasquale De Marco
language : en
Publisher: Pasquale De Marco
Release Date : 2025-07-19
Alone But Integrated written by Pasquale De Marco and has been published by Pasquale De Marco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-07-19 with Social Science categories.
For decades, the story of racial integration in America has been dominated by narratives of decline and despair. Headlines scream of "white flight" and "failing schools," painting a bleak picture of a nation divided. But **Alone But Integrated** challenges those narratives, revealing a more nuanced and hopeful reality. Drawing on extensive research and real-life stories, this book offers a fresh perspective on the state of integration in the 21st century. Across the country, there are communities that have successfully integrated, creating vibrant and thriving neighborhoods where people of different races live side by side in harmony. These communities offer a glimpse of a possible future, one where integration is not just an ideal but a lived reality. But the path to integration is not without its obstacles. **Alone But Integrated** unflinchingly examines the challenges that continue to divide us: the legacy of segregation, the persistence of racial prejudice, and the socioeconomic disparities that often separate communities along racial lines. Despite these challenges, **Alone But Integrated** offers reasons to be hopeful. The growing diversity of the American population is creating new opportunities for integration. A new generation of activists and advocates is emerging, committed to fighting for racial justice and equality. And communities across the country are implementing innovative strategies to promote integration and build more inclusive neighborhoods. **Alone But Integrated** is a call to action, a clarion call for all Americans to join the fight for integration. It is a roadmap for creating communities where everyone has the opportunity to live, work, and thrive, regardless of their race or ethnicity. It is a vision of a future where integration is not just a dream but a reality. **In this book, you'll discover:** * The real story of integration in America, beyond the headlines of decline and despair * The challenges that continue to divide us, from the legacy of segregation to the persistence of racial prejudice * The reasons to be hopeful about the future of integration, including the growing diversity of the American population and the emergence of a new generation of activists and advocates * Innovative strategies for promoting integration and building more inclusive neighborhoods * A call to action for all Americans to join the fight for integration **Alone But Integrated** is an essential read for anyone who cares about the future of race relations in America. It is a book that will inspire you, challenge you, and leave you with a renewed sense of hope for a more just and equitable society. If you like this book, write a review!
Reimagining American Education To Serve All Our Children
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Author : Deborah Greenblatt
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-28
Reimagining American Education To Serve All Our Children written by Deborah Greenblatt and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-28 with Education categories.
Reimagining American Education to Serve All Our Children: Why Should We Educate in a Democracy? examines and reevaluates the history and purpose of public education in the United States, in order to provide students of current and future generations with a robust and fulfilling learning experience. The authors approach knowledge from a critical perspective, with the intention of broadening the definition of knowledge and critical thinking, positioning education as a gateway to life’s endless possibilities and participation in a democratic society. In asking "why should we educate in a democracy rather than why do we educate in a democracy," the authors suggest directions that need to be taken to enhance democracy, social justice, and the positive effects of education for all. Divided into ten concise chapters, this volume provides activities and strategies for developing meaning for often contentious concepts, illustrates concepts, and brings together new ideas as well as assessment ideas. Greenblatt and Michelli and their coauthors cover a diverse range of important topics allowing us to understand education in a democracy, including: Sociopolitical barriers to knowledge The importance of all subjects, including the arts, health and physical education Methods of fostering imaginative thinking The political nature of the effects of policies on education Reimagining American Education to Serve All Our Children aims to provide practicing teachers, teacher educators, graduate education students—and all those interested in enhancing education, a discussion on the relationship between education and policy. A topical conversation, this book aids readers to develop a better understanding of the effects of social justice on American learners and the effects of education on social justice and democracy in order to take a position on these critical issues.
Reimagining The Purpose Of Schools And Educational Organisations
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Author : Anthony Montgomery
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2015-12-22
Reimagining The Purpose Of Schools And Educational Organisations written by Anthony Montgomery and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-22 with Social Science categories.
This book features a diverse set of perspectives all focused towards questioning the role schools actually play in society and, more importantly, the role they could potentially play. Containing papers presented at the 1st International Conference on Reimagining Schooling which took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, June 2013, bringing together international and multi-disciplinary perspectives on the future of education and schools. Combines diverse specialties analyzing schools as organizations and questions the purpose of schools. The book explores the current purpose of schooling and debates what roles and values young people currently learn from schooling. It examines such issues as the impact of Neoliberalism, the pursuit of the socially just school, and imagining contemporary schools beyond their consumerist mentality. Tackling development in the growing economic and social crisis in Europe, and offering transformative analysis of the psychology and decision-making involved for innovating teaching, learning, socio-economic and policy contexts. In addition, the book shows different ways young people can be creatively involved in reimagining schooling. It also details both innovative and radical ideas that currently exist about school transformation such as building learning partnerships for all and creating synergies across formal and informal settings of learning. Raising important questions for the future of the relationship between teacher and pupil and positive and pro-active behavior. There is a growing realization that schools fail to accommodate diverse types of learning and that their purpose is not simply about education. Featuring academics and practitioners from many different disciplines, this book boldly questions the values that currently permeate school walls and suggests ways that schooling itself can be made better.
Children Of The Dream
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Author : Rucker C. Johnson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-04-16
Children Of The Dream written by Rucker C. Johnson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-16 with Social Science categories.
An acclaimed economist reveals that school integration efforts in the 1970s and 1980s were overwhelmingly successful -- and argues that we must renew our commitment to integration for the sake of all Americans We are frequently told that school integration was a social experiment doomed from the start. But as Rucker C. Johnson demonstrates in Children of the Dream, it was, in fact, a spectacular achievement. Drawing on longitudinal studies going back to the 1960s, he shows that students who attended integrated and well-funded schools were more successful in life than those who did not -- and this held true for children of all races. Yet as a society we have given up on integration. Since the high point of integration in 1988, we have regressed and segregation again prevails. Contending that integrated, well-funded schools are the primary engine of social mobility, Children of the Dream offers a radical new take on social policy. It is essential reading in our divided times.
Reimagining Childhood Studies
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Author : Spyros Spyrou
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-12-13
Reimagining Childhood Studies written by Spyros Spyrou and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-13 with Education categories.
Reimagining Childhood Studies incites, and provides a forum for, dialogue and debate about the direction and impetus for critical and global approaches to social-cultural studies of children and their childhoods. Set against the backdrop of a quarter century of research and theorising arising out of the “new” social studies of childhood, each of the 13 original contributions strives to extend the conceptual reach and relevance of the work being undertaken in the dynamic and expanding field of childhood studies in the 21st century. Internationally renowned contributors engage with contemporary scholarship from both the global north and south to address questions of power, inequity, reflexivity, subjectivities and representation from poststructuralist, posthumanist, postcolonial, feminist, queer studies and political economy perspectives. In so doing, the book provides a deconstructive and reconstructive dialogue, offering a renewed agenda for future scholarship. The book also moves the insights of childhood studies beyond the boundaries of this field, helping to mainstream insights about children's everyday lives from this burgeoning area of study and avoid the dangers of marginalizing both children and scholarship about childhood. This carefully curated collection extends beyond critiques of specified research arenas, traditions, concepts or approaches to serve as a bridge in the transformation of childhood studies at this important juncture in its history.
Reimagining The Immigrant
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Author : B. Haley
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2009-12-07
Reimagining The Immigrant written by B. Haley and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-07 with Social Science categories.
Reimagining the Immigrant examines integrative practices by residents towards Mexican immigrants in a small farm town in America. This groundbreaking book sheds light on the coexisting practices of discrimination and accommodation and the ways in which immigrants and established residents reimagine ethnic identity in a more positive light.
Teaching K 12 Science And Engineering During A Crisis
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2021-01-29
Teaching K 12 Science And Engineering During A Crisis written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-29 with Education categories.
The COVID-19 pandemic is resulting in widespread and ongoing changes to how the K-12 education system functions, including disruptions to science teaching and learning environments. Students and teachers are all figuring out how to do schooling differently, and districts and states are working overtime to reimagine systems and processes. This is difficult and stressful work in the middle of the already stressful and sometimes traumatic backdrop of the global pandemic. In addition, students with disabilities, students of color, immigrants, English learners, and students from under-resourced communities have been disproportionately affected, both by the pandemic itself and by the resulting instructional shifts. Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis aims to describe what high quality science and engineering education can look like in a time of great uncertainty and to support practitioners as they work toward their goals. This book includes guidance for science and engineering practitioners - with an emphasis on the needs of district science supervisors, curriculum leads, and instructional coaches. Teaching K-12 Science and Engineering During a Crisis will help K-12 science and engineering teachers adapt learning experiences as needed to support students and their families dealing with ongoing changes to instructional and home environments and at the same time provide high quality in those experiences.
Reimagining Schools
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Author : Elliot W. Eisner
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2005
Reimagining Schools written by Elliot W. Eisner and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Education categories.
A chance to explore the contributions made to the fields of Arts Education, Curriculum Studies and Qualitative Research by Professor Eisner, who has spent forty years researching, thinking and writing about some of the key and enduring issues.
Investigating The Roles Of School Management Teams In Curriculum Delivery
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Author : Mawela, Ailwei Solomon
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2021-06-25
Investigating The Roles Of School Management Teams In Curriculum Delivery written by Mawela, Ailwei Solomon and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-25 with Education categories.
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a new paradigm in education that has forced school management teams to re-imagine their curricula delivery functions and obligations during and post COVID-19. Now there are concerns about the state to which curriculum delivery in schools is likely to become planned, implemented, and managed. Investigating the Roles of School Management Teams in Curriculum Delivery improves the quality of planning, implementation, and management of curriculum delivery to advance the quality of teaching and learning in schools. Particularly, it envisages innovative strategies, best practices, and addresses problems in the planning, implementation, and delivery of curricula by school management teams. Covering topics such as curriculum delivery theory, curriculum delivery in planning, implementation, and management during and post COVID-19; curriculum delivery in assessment and alternative assessment; and reimagining inclusivity in curriculum delivery, this edited book is essential for departmental heads, deputy principals, education district officials, department of basic education curriculum designers, instructional designers, administrators, academicians, university teachers, researchers, and post-graduate students.