Title Uncivil rights : teachers, unions, and race in the battle for school equity / Jonna Perrillo

Published Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 250 pages) Contents Building a "new social order": teachers, teacher unions, and equity in the Great Depression -- Muscular democracy: teachers and the War on Prejudice, 1940 -- 1950 -- Organizing the oppressed teacher: teachers' rights in the Cold War -- "An educator's commitment": professionalism and civil rights in the 1960s -- From teachers' rights to teacher power -- Conclusion: moving beyond rights?: teacher professionalism and civil rights in the era of No Child Left Behind Summary Almost fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education, a wealth of research shows that minority students continue to receive an unequal education. At the heart of this inequality is a complex and often conflicted relationship between teachers and civil rights activists, examined fully for the first time in Jonna Perrillo & rsquo;s Uncivil Rights, which traces the tensions between the two groups in New York City from the Great Depression to the present Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Educational equalization -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century African Americans -- Education -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Racism in education -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Teachers -- Political activity -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Civil rights movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Teachers -- Civil rights -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Teachers' unions -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century Education. EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. African Americans -- Education Civil rights movements Education Educational equalization Racism in education Teachers -- Civil rights Teachers -- Political activity Teachers' unions Bildungswesen Chancengleichheit Diskriminierung Schwarze New York (State) -- New York New York Staat Genre/Form History dissertations. Academic theses. Thèses et écrits académiques. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780226660738 0226660737 9786613586964 661358696X 1280491736 9781280491733 9780226660721 0226660729 9780226660714 0226660710

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