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Not paved for us : black educators and public school reform in Philadelphia

Title
Not paved for us : black educators and public school reform in Philadelphia / Camika Royal ; foreword by Gloria Ladson-Billings.
Author
Royal, Camika
Publication
  • Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
Ladson-Billings, Gloria, 1947-
Description
xvii, 203 pages; 23 cm.
Summary
"Not Paved for Us chronicles a fifty-year period in Philadelphia education, and offers a critical look at how school reform efforts do and do not transform outcomes for Black students and educators"--
Series Statement
Race and education series
Uniform Title
Race and education series.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • School improvement programs > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century
  • Black people > Education > History > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > 20th century
  • Racism in higher education > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century
  • Educational change > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
  • Education, Urban > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
  • Public schools > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > History > 20th century
  • Race relations in school management > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
  • Educational change
  • Public schools
  • Race relations in school management
  • Racism
  • Black people > Education
  • Black people
  • Racism in higher education
  • Education, Urban
  • School improvement programs
  • Pennsylvania > Philadelphia
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographic references and index.
Contents
Homebase : the introduction -- Fear of a black planet : racial school reform, 1967-1971 -- Thug life : Frank Rizzo's law and (dis)order, 1971-1982 -- Black reign : the Constance Clayton era, 1982-1993 -- Ready to die : last rites for Philly's schools, 1994-2001 -- Things fall apart : the Paul Vallas project, 2002-2007 -- Black on both sides : perils of neoliberalism, 2008-2017 -- Fight the power : the epilogue -- Methodological appendix.
Call Number
Sc E 23-67
ISBN
  • 1682537358
  • 9781682537350
OCLC
1290165144
Author
Royal, Camika, author.
Title
Not paved for us : black educators and public school reform in Philadelphia / Camika Royal ; foreword by Gloria Ladson-Billings.
Publisher
Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Race and education series
Race and education series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Ladson-Billings, Gloria, 1947- writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
Sc E 23-67
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