LEADER 03999nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910825297203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8147-0776-9 010 $a0-8147-8320-1 010 $a1-4416-1569-5 024 7 $a10.18574/9780814707760 035 $a(CKB)1000000000786048 035 $a(EBL)865320 035 $a(OCoLC)779828044 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000216833 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11191079 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000216833 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10201970 035 $a(PQKB)11605636 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC865320 035 $a(OCoLC)429904707 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse10941 035 $a(DE-B1597)548480 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780814707760 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL865320 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313201 035 $a(OCoLC)647825408 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000786048 100 $a20081202d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aOur schools suck $estudents talk back to a segregated nation on the failures of urban education /$fGaston Alonso ... [et al.] 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cNew York University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8147-8308-2 311 $a0-8147-8307-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-274) and index. 327 $aCulture trap: talking about young people of color and their education -- "I hate it when people treat me like a fxxx-up": phony theories, segregated schools, and the culture of aspiration among African American and Latino teenagers -- "They ain't hiring kids from my neighborhood": young men of color negotiating public schools and poor work options in New York City -- "Where youth have an actual voice": teenagers as empowered stakeholders in school reform. 330 $aShares the voices of students speaking out against the failures of urban education"Our schools suck." This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures have shifted attention away from the persistence of school segregation to lambaste the values of young people themselves. Our Schools Suck forcefully challenges this assertion by giving voice to the compelling stories of African American and Latino students who attend under-resourced inner-city schools, where guidance counselors and AP classes are limited and security guards and metal detectors are plentiful?and grow disheartened by a public conversation that continually casts them as the problem with urban schools.By showing that young people are deeply committed to education but often critical of the kind of education they are receiving, this book highlights the dishonesty of public claims that they do not value education. Ultimately, these powerful student voices remind us of the ways we have shirked our public responsibility to create excellent schools. True school reform requires no less than a new civil rights movement, where adults join with young people to ensure an equal education for each and every student. 606 $aEducation, Urban$zUnited States 606 $aDe facto school segregation$zUnited States 606 $aMinority teenagers$xEducation$zUnited States 606 $aMinority teenagers$zUnited States$xAttitudes 615 0$aEducation, Urban 615 0$aDe facto school segregation 615 0$aMinority teenagers$xEducation 615 0$aMinority teenagers$xAttitudes. 676 $a370.9173/20973 701 $aAlonso$b Gaston$01676328 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825297203321 996 $aOur schools suck$94186410 997 $aUNINA