{"product_id":"our-schools-suck-students-talk-back-to-a-segregated-nation-on-the-failures-of-urban-education-9780814783085","title":"Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShares the voices of students speaking out against the failures of urban education\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur schools suck. This is how many young people of color call attention to the kind of public education they are receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of scholars and of public figures have shifted attention away from the persistence of school segregation to lambaste the values of young people themselves. \u003ci\u003eOur Schools Suck\u003c\/i\u003e forcefully challenges this assertion by giving voice to the compelling stories of African American and Latino students who attend under-resourced inner-city schools, where guidance counselors and AP classes are limited and security guards and metal detectors are plentiful--and grow disheartened by a public conversation that continually casts them as the problem with urban schools. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy showing that young people are deeply committed to education but often critical of the kind of education they are receiving, this book highlights the dishonesty of public claims that they do not value education. Ultimately, these powerful student voices remind us of the ways we have shirked our public responsibility to create excellent schools. True school reform requires no less than a new civil rights movement, where adults join with young people to ensure an equal education for each and every student.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeanne Theoharis, Gaston Alonso, Noel S. Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.88h x 6.10w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814783085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2009 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJeanne Theoharis\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College, City University of New York and co-editor (with Komozi Woodard) of \u003cem\u003eGroundwork: Local Black Freedom Movements\u003c\/em\u003e (NYU Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40183707598963,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_97981a97-1cd2-460c-b5b2-a1775e84a825.jpg?v=1655558430","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/our-schools-suck-students-talk-back-to-a-segregated-nation-on-the-failures-of-urban-education-9780814783085","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}