Race, Class, and Power in School Restructuring

This book challenges common assumptions about the efficacy of teacher collaboration, empowerment, and professional development to improve the educational experiences of low-achieving African American students without engaging the political and ideological contexts in which reforms take place. Written in a clear, engaging style, the book tells the story of two restructuring junior high schools in a single district, and how teachers' ideologies and race, class, and power contradictions in the schools, school district, and city shaped outcomes. Although the book is a critique of restructuring, powerful portraits of teachers who create culturally responsive and empowering educational experiences demonstrate the potential to reform educational practices and policies for African American students and suggest a direction for transforming schools.

About the author

Pauline Lipman is Assistant Professor of Social and Cultural Studies in Education and Human Development at DePaul University.

Product details

• Authors: Pauline Lipman
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.1998
• EAN: 9780791437698
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-3769-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Suny Series, Restructuring & S; Suny Series, Restructuring and; Suny Series, Restructuring & S
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system