Working Class Kids and Visionary Educators in a Multiracial High Schoo - A Story of Belonging

In 1970s California, when many school communities resisted progress, visionary teachers and dynamic students at Sunnyvale High School created a vibrant, multiracial school community where students took on meaningful leadership roles, found common ground, and blazed multiple paths to successful adulthood.

List of contents

Introduction
1. A Vale in the Sun
2. Spirit by Design
3. Athletics before Title IX
4. A Fighting School
5. Tensions of Connecting across Difference
6. Was it a "Race Riot"?
7. Transformative Changes
8. Informal Support Bolsters Resilience
9. Legacies and Lessons
Appendix
Bibliography

About the author

Karen V. Hansen with Nicholas Monroe

Summary

In 1970s California, when many school communities resisted progress, visionary teachers and dynamic students at Sunnyvale High School created a vibrant, multiracial school community where students took on meaningful leadership roles, found common ground, and blazed multiple paths to successful adulthood.

Product details

• Authors: Karen V. Hansen, Hansen Karen V.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781666959680
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-968-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Assisted by: Nicholas Monroe
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, History of Education, Secondary Schools, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary