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Our schools suck

students talk back to a segregated nation on the failures of urban education

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An edition of Our schools suck (2009)

Our schools suck

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New York University Press
Language
English
Pages
289

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Subjects
Urban Education, Education, Attitudes, De facto school segregation, Minority teenagers, Education, urban, De facto doctrine, Minority youth, Minorities, education, united states, Segregation in education
Places
United States

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Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education
2009, New York University Press
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2009, New York University Press
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Table of Contents

Culture 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
Conclusion: when young people talk back to a segregated nation
Methodological appendix: listening to young people.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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370.9173/20973
Library of Congress
LC5131 .O87 2009, LC5131.O87 2009

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p. cm.
Number of pages
289

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OL22696304M
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ourschoolssuckst00alon
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0814783074, 0814783082
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9780814783078, 9780814783085
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2008051337
OCLC/WorldCat
276816628
Library Thing
8354922
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6236462
6142437

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