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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463203103321

Autore

Leonardo Zeus <1968-, >

Titolo

Education and racism : a primer on issues and dilemmas / / Zeus Leonardo and W. Norton Grubb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2014

ISBN

0-415-89101-9

1-136-70672-0

0-203-81437-1

1-136-70673-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GrubbW. Norton

Disciplina

370.8

Soggetti

Racism in education - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Education and Racism; Title Page; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: Education and Racism; 1 Curriculum and Racism; 2 Culturally Relevant Education and Racism; 3 School-Community Relations and Racism; 4 Tracking, Segregation, and Racism; 5 Funding, Resources, and Racism: When Money Matters; 6 High-Stakes Testing, Accountability, and Racism; 7 Education and Racism: Future Directions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Education and Racism is a concise and easily accessible primer for introducing undergraduate and graduate students to the field of race and education. Designed for introductory courses, each chapter provides an overview of a main issue or dilemma in the research on racial inequality and education and the particular approaches that have been offered to explain or address them. Theme-oriented chapters include curriculum, school (re)segregation, and high stakes testing as well as discussions on how racism intersects with other forms of marginality, like socio-economic status. The focus on particu