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Making School Integration Work: Lessons from Morris [Kõva köide]

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  • Formaat: Hardback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 231x154x17 mm, kaal: 436 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Apr-2020
  • Kirjastus: Teachers' College Press
  • ISBN-10: 0807763632
  • ISBN-13: 9780807763636
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius x paksus: 231x154x17 mm, kaal: 436 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 03-Apr-2020
  • Kirjastus: Teachers' College Press
  • ISBN-10: 0807763632
  • ISBN-13: 9780807763636
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Märksõnad:

Many American schools continue to struggle with segregation. This important book tells the story of how two school districts—one a predominantly White and wealthy suburban community and the other a more diverse and urbanized community—were merged into a single district to work toward a solution for school segregation. The authors focus on the Morris School District in New Jersey as an exemplar to demonstrate what is possible and how it can be accomplished. They document what makes a district like Morris successful and include lessons learned in each chapter. Along with analyzing the legal and educational policy implications of the nearly 50-year history of the merged district, the authors take a mixed methods approach to deepen our knowledge of effective leadership, community–school relations, and classroom practices in the context of a community committed to genuine integration.

Book Features:

  • Offers a deep analysis of one of the few districts that is making progress toward true integration.
  • Examines a local story that has wide applicability to those interested in social justice, enlightened leadership, and equitable educational opportunities for all students.
  • Employs qualitative and quantitative research along with GIS mapping to study the legal, educational, political, historical, and sociological dimensions of the case study.
  • Provides a series of lessons learned from the Morris School District that will assist those engaged in building equitable school systems.

Arvustused

Making School Integration Work is a study of the Morris story, how one New Jersey public school district focused on integration and diversity by combining two communities into one racially and socioeconomically diverse and unified K12 district (p. 5). The challenges faced by the district as it carried out diversity work without an intentional focus on educational equity and access are illuminated. Ultimately, this is a story of superficially celebrating diversity in one district at the expense of actually providing equity of and access to quality education for the communities it serves.



Choice The authors do an especially good job examining the complexities within and between student populations, and it is satisfying to hear from so many students, parents, and teachers directly through extensive interviews and long quotes in the book. The book makes its mark by amplifying these activist demands through rigorous scholarship, and it is clear the authors believe deeply not only in the equalizing function of school integration but also its essential civic purpose in a democracy.



History of Education Quarterly

Acknowledgments vii
1 Introducing the Morris Story
1(24)
A Note About Terminology
2(3)
The Morris School District in New Jersey as an Important Case Study
5(6)
The Merger Process and Its Aftermath
11(1)
The Morris School District of Today---Almost 50 Years After Merger
12(4)
MSD's Current Level of Integration as Compared to the State and National Picture
16(4)
Why a Book about the Morris School District?
20(2)
Overview of the Book
22(3)
2 Using Law and Litigation to Advance School Integration
25(25)
Why Litigate to Achieve School Desegregation and Integration?
29(3)
The Jenkins Decision
32(8)
Analyzing Jenkins
40(4)
The Impact of the Jenkins Decision
44(3)
Lessons Learned
47(3)
3 The Role of Educational Leadership
50(40)
The Link Between Mackey Pendergrast and Steve Wiley
52(3)
Culturally Responsive School Leadership
55(3)
The Postmerger Period
58(12)
Maintaining a Delicate Balance of Diversity: "I Had to Walk a Fine Line with How We Promoted the District"
70(7)
Successes and Challenges of School Diversity
77(8)
Lessons Learned
85(5)
4 The Black Student Experience in MSD
90(39)
Changing Demographics and the Substantial Loss of Black Students Over Time
97(7)
Black Parents Who Leave
104(5)
Black Parents Who Stay: "We've Got to Work Harder" to Advocate for Our Children
109(13)
The District's Response Then: "Good Intentions" but "It Never Felt Like Priority #1"
122(2)
The District's Response Now: Equity and Inclusion
124(3)
Lessons Learned
127(2)
5 The Latinx Student Experience in MSD
129(27)
The Federal/State/Local Policy Landscape of Bilingual Education
130(6)
Emergent Bilingual Students in MSD
136(7)
Parental Involvement
143(4)
Teachers and Support Staff
147(6)
School Leaders
153(1)
Lessons Learned
154(2)
Conclusion: Moving from Desegregation to True Integration
156(27)
What Have We Learned in MSD?
159(4)
How Should MSD Apply What Was Learned?
163(1)
How Can Other School Districts Apply the Lessons Learned from MSD?
164(6)
Statutory and Constitutional Authority for Students to Cross Existing District Lines
170(4)
Practical Recommendations
174(8)
Conclusion
182(1)
Appendix A Statutory Provisions That Enable Students to Receive Education in Districts Other Than Their Districts of Residence 183(2)
Appendix B An Action Plan to Diversify New Jersey's Schools 185(3)
Notes 188(10)
References 198(8)
Index 206(9)
About the Authors 215
Paul Tractenberg is professor emeritus at Rutgers Law School in Newark. Allison Roda and Ryan Coughlan are both assistant professors of education in Molloy Colleges Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities Ed.D. program. Deirdre Dougherty is assistant professor of educational studies at Knox College.