{"product_id":"our-schools-suck-students-talk-back-to-a-segregated-nation-on-the-failures-of-urban-education-paperback","title":"Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeanne Theoharis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGaston Alonso\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNoel S. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanne Theoharis (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJeanne Theoharis \u003c\/b\u003eis distinguished Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of CUNY. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Strange Careers of the Jim Crow North: Segregation and Struggle outside of the South\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press, 2019), \u003ci\u003eA More Beautiful and Terrible History\u003c\/i\u003e (Beacon Press, 2018), \u003ci\u003eThe Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks\u003c\/i\u003e (Beacon Press, 2013), \u003ci\u003eWant to Start A Revolution?: Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle \u003c\/i\u003e(NYU Press 2009), \u003ci\u003eOur Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education \u003c\/i\u003e(NYU Press 2009), and \u003ci\u003eNot Working: Latina Immigrants, Low-Wage Jobs, and the Failure of Welfare Reform\u003c\/i\u003e (NYU Press 2006). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGaston Alonso (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGaston Alonso\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNoel S. Anderson (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNoel S. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCelina Su (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCelina Su\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eStreetwise for Book Smarts: Grassroots Organizing and Education Reform in the Bronx\u003c\/i\u003e and co-author of\u003ci\u003e Our Schools Suck: Students Talk Back to a Segregated Nation on the Failures of Urban Education.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.88 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52504822153523,"sku":"9780814783085","price":73.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bW92UmlGRVppMnJVMHFMcFJLT3NOZz09.webp?v=1760201901","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/our-schools-suck-students-talk-back-to-a-segregated-nation-on-the-failures-of-urban-education-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}