Vajra M. Watson

Transformative Schooling (eBook, PDF)

Towards Racial Equity in Education

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Produktbeschreibung

Discussions of achievement gaps are commonplace in education reform, but they are rarely interrogated as a symptom of white supremacy. As an act of disruption, award-winning scholar Vajra Watson pierces through the rhetoric and provides a provocative analysis of the ways schools can become more racially inclusive. Her research is grounded in Oakland where longitudinal data demonstrated that Black families were sending their children to school, but the ideals of an oasis of learning were being met with the realities of racism, low expectations, and marginalization. As a response to this intergenerational crisis of miseducation, in 2010, the school district joined forces with community organizers, religious leaders, neighborhood elders, teachers, parents, and students to address institutionalized racism.

Seven years later, Watson shares findings from her investigation into the school district's journey towards justice. What she creates is a wholly original work, filled with penetrating portraits that illuminate the intense and intimate complexities of working towards racial equity in education. As a formidable case study, this research scrutinizes how to reconfigure organizational ecosystems as spaces that humanize, heal, and harmonize. Emerging from her scholarship is a bold, timely, and hopeful vision that paves the way for transformative schooling.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 188
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351588683
• Artikelnr.: 56149677

Autorenporträt

Vajra M. Watson is the Director of Research and Policy for Equity at UC Davis and the founder of Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS). As a scholar-activist, Dr. Watson seeks innovative ways to align people and systems that advance social justice. Watson received her B.A. from UC Berkeley, and holds her doctorate from the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface: The Person Behind the Pen 1.The Research Journey
2. Remember, Reclaim, Reimagine 3. Rituals of Resistance 4. An Ontological
Fight for Freedom 5. Institutionalized Racism in Oakland Unified School
District 6. Christopher P. Chatmon: In Service of Our Sons 7.
Unapologetically Black 8. Pedagogy of Patience 9. Elevating Empowerment 10.
Charles Wilson: Reflective Resistance 11. Superintendent Antwan Wilson:
Learning Leadership 12.Obasi Davis: New Generation of Education 13. Engage,
Encourage, & Empower School Districts to Transform 14. Closing: Bold
Horizons Appendixes Bibliography