Anti-Black Literacy Laws and Policies

This groundbreaking book uncovers how anti-Black racism has informed and perpetuated anti-literacy laws, policies, and customs from the colonial period to the present day. This text is essential for scholars, students, and policymakers in literacy education, reading research, history of education, and social justice education.

Sommario

1. A Brief History: Anti-Black Racism and Anti-Black Literacy in Federal and State Laws 2. An Overview of the History of Reading Research, 1800-1999 3.The Politicization of Reading and Reading Research, 2000-2022 4. Like Lambs to the Slaughter: Grade Retention Research, Reading Retention Research, and State Reading Retention Laws 5. Reading Research Barriers to Black Students' Reading Performance 6. Fault lines: Florida's Anti-Black Literacy Laws 7. Linking the Past to the Present Anti-Black Racism and Anti-Black Literacy Afterword

Info autore

Arlette Ingram Willis is Professor of Language and Literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Riassunto

This groundbreaking book uncovers how anti-Black racism has informed and perpetuated anti-literacy laws, policies, and customs from the colonial period to the present day. This text is essential for scholars, students, and policymakers in literacy education, reading research, history of education, and social justice education.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Arlette Ingram Willis, Arlette Ingram (University of Illinois At Willis, Willis Arlette Ingram
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 25.04.2023
• EAN: 9781032275000
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3227500-0
• Pagine: 344
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Linguistica generale e comparata; USA, Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / General, Popular Culture, EDUCATION / History, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / English as a Second Language, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, United States of America, USA, Moral and social purpose of education, History of the Americas, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Multicultural education, Literacy strategies, Bilingualism and multilingualism, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity