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Power, protest, and the public schools [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish and African American struggles in New York City / / Melissa F. Weiner



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Autore: Weiner Melissa F Visualizza persona
Titolo: Power, protest, and the public schools [[electronic resource] ] : Jewish and African American struggles in New York City / / Melissa F. Weiner Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
Disciplina: 371.829/9607307471
Soggetto topico: African Americans - Education - New York (State) - New York
African Americans - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Jews - Education - New York (State) - New York
Jews - New York (State) - New York - Social conditions
Public schools - New York (State) - New York
Discrimination in education - New York (State) - New York
Racism in education - New York (State) - New York
Soggetto geografico: New York (N.Y.) Race relations
New York (N.Y.) Social conditions
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: New York City's racial and educational terrain -- Resources, riots, and race: the Gary plan and the Harlem 9 -- Resource equalization and citizenship rights -- Contesting curriculum: Hebrew and African American history -- Multicultural curriculum, representation, and group identities -- Racism, resistance, and racial formation in the public schools -- The foreseeable split: Ocean Hill-Brownsville and Jewish and African American relations today.
Sommario/riassunto: Accounts of Jewish immigrants usually describe the role of education in helping youngsters earn a higher social position than their parents. Power, Protest, and the Public Schools argues that New York City schools did not serve as pathways to mobility for Jewish or African American students. Instead, at different points in the city's history, politicians and administrators erected similar racial barriers to social advancement by marginalizing and denying resources that other students enjoyed. It concludes by considering how today's Hispanic and Arab children face similar inequalit
Titolo autorizzato: Power, protest, and the public schools  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-38314-4
9786613383143
0-8135-4980-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910788353603321
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