Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and a New Social Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0415950988
- ISBN-13
- 9780415950985
- Series
- Radical Possibilities
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 244
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Jean Anyon
Description
Anyon discusses the influence of federal and metropolitan policies and practices on the poverty that plagues schools and communities in American cities and segregated, low-income suburbs. She argues that these public policies...such as those regulating the minimum wage, job availability, tax rates, federal transit, and affordable housing...all create conditions in urban areas that no education policy as currently conceived can transcend, and that we must replace these federal and metro-area policies with more equitable ones so that urban school reform can have positive life consequences for students. Anyon reminds us that historically, equitable public policies have been typically created as a result of the political pressure brought to bear by social movements. Basing her analysis on new research in civil rights history and social movement theory, she explains how the current moment offers serious possibilities for the creation of such a force. – from publisher description.
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