Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education
Theoharis, Jeanne; Alonso, Gaston; Anderson, Noel S.; Su, Celina
Language: English
Published by NYU Press, 2009
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- Title
- Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education
- Author
- Theoharis, Jeanne; Alonso, Gaston; Anderson, Noel S.; Su, Celina
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0814783082
- ISBN 13
- 9780814783085
- Item weight
- 14 ounces
"Our schools suck." This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures like Bill Cosby have shifted attention away from the persistence of school segregation to lambaste the values of young people themselves. Our Schools Suck forcefully challenges this assertion by giving voice to the compelling stories of African American and Latino students who attend under-resourced inner-city schools, where guidance counselors and AP classes are limited and security guards and metal detectors are plentiful—and grow disheartened by a public conversation that continually casts them as the problem with urban schools.
By showing that young people are deeply committed to education but often critical of the kind of education they are receiving, this book highlights the dishonesty of public claims that they do not value education. Ultimately, these powerful student voices remind us of the ways we have shirked our public responsibility to create excellent schools. True school reform requires no less than a new civil rights movement, where adults join with young people to ensure an equal education for each and every student.
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About the Author
Gaston Alonso is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
Noel S. Anderson is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.
Celina Su is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is the author of Streetwise for Book Smarts: Grassroots Organizing and Education Reform in the Bronx and co-author of Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education.
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