Badass Teachers Unite!
Writing on Education, History, and Youth Activism
Haymarket Books · Print & ebook · May 23, 2014
In this incisive collection of essays, educator and activist Mark Naison draws on years of research on Bronx history and his own experience on the front lines of the education wars to unapologetically defend teachers and students from education reform” policies that undermine their power and creativity.
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- Who it’s for
- Mark Naison examines education policies, their effects on children, and strategies for teaching and organizing.
- Themes
- Education policy and reform, Teacher and student advocacy, Racial and economic inequality
- Genres
- Education Policy, Race & Discrimination, Multicultural Education
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In this incisive collection of essays, educator and activist Mark Naison draws on years of research on Bronx history and his own experience on the front lines of the education wars to unapologetically defend teachers and students from education reform” policies that undermine their power and creativity. Naison shows how dominant education policy systematically hurts the very children it claims to support and instead forces them to race to the top.”
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He exposes the Duncans, Rhees, and Gateses for schemes that intensify racial and economic inequality. And he refocuses the conversation on teaching and organizing strategies that should be implemented in communities everywhere.
Education Policy and Power
Mark Naison examines education policies, their effects on children, and strategies for teaching and organizing.
Come here for
- Essays defending teachers and students against education reform policies
- A focus on teaching and organizing strategies in communities
Expect
- Bronx history informed by years of research
- Criticism of policies that intensify racial and economic inequality
Where it sits
| Education Policy | 95% |
|---|---|
| Multicultural Education | 26% |
| Race & Discrimination | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Teaching Methods
- Teaching Social Studies
- Race & Discrimination
- Authors
- Mark Naison
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Published
- May 23, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Education policy and reform · Teacher and student advocacy · Racial and economic inequality
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- Teaching Methods