| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 307 pages) : maps |
| Contents |
Diverse but segregated -- The case for school integration -- "Good neighborhoods do not just happen" -- Inflamed -- The roots of community control -- Ocean Hill-Brownsville's Afrocentric, multicultural vision -- Race and education after community control -- The renewed demand for integration -- Learning from the past and moving forward |
| Summary |
"Despite its image as an epicenter of progressive social policy, New York City continues to have one of the nation's most segregated school systems. Tracing the quest for integration in education from the mid-1950s to the present, The Battle Nearer to Home follows the tireless efforts by educational activists to dismantle the deep racial and socioeconomic inequalities that segregation reinforces. The fight for integration has shifted significantly over time, not least in terms of the way "integration" is conceived. From 1954 to 1964, Black parents and educational activists exerted sustained pressure on the city's Board of Education to foster integration through means such as the voluntary or mandatory transfers of students and redrawing school attendance zones, among others. As popular white resistance to these measures intensified, the Board rescinded its lukewarm support. By the late 1960s, frustrated parents and activists shifted their demands to community control of segregated schools. As with integration demands, the Board eventually pulled the plug in the face of resistance from more powerful stakeholders. From the early 1970s to 2012, integration receded as a possible solution to educational inequality. In excavating the history of New York City school integration politics, in the halls of power and on the ground, Christopher Bonastia unearths the enduring white resistance to integration and the severe costs paid by Black and Latino students. This last decade has seen student activists renew the fight for integration, insisting on the equalization of resources between schools, responsive teaching staffs, and the creation of diverse and inclusive school communities. But the war is still far from won"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 18, 2022) |
| Subject |
Segregation in education -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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School integration -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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Education and state -- New York (State) -- New York -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
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Education and state
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School integration
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Segregation in education
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New York (State) -- New York
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021039234 |
| ISBN |
9781503631984 |
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1503631982 |
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