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Title:
Our schools suck : students talk back to a segregated nation on the failures of urban education / Gaston Alonso ... [et al.].
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2009
Description:
ix, 289 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Education, Urban--United States
De facto school segregation--United States.
Minority teenagers--Education--United States.
Minority teenagers--United States--Attitudes.
Other Authors:
Alonso, Gaston.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-274) and index.
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.
ISBN:
0814783082 (pb : alk. paper)
9780814783085 (pb : alk. paper)
0814783074 (cl : alk. paper)
9780814783078 (cl : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)276816628
LCCN:
2008051337
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

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