Learning in public : lessons for a racially divided America from my daughter's school /
Martin, Courtney E.,
Learning in public : lessons for a racially divided America from my daughter's school / Lessons for a racially divided America from my daughter's school. Courtney E. Martin. - First edition. - New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. - xvi, 380 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes discussion questions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377).
A note on the making of this book -- Choosing -- Arriving -- Clashing -- Reckoning.
"From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began. Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney's journey, but a whole country's. Many of us are newly awakened to the continuing racial injustice all around us, but unsure of how to go beyond hashtags and yard signs to be a part of transforming the country. Courtney discovers that her public school, the foundation of our fragile democracy, is a powerful place to dig deeper. She examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other moms and dads as they navigate school choice. A vivid portrait of integrations virtues and complexities and, yes, the palpable joy of trying to live differently in a country remaking itself, Learning in Public might set your family's life on a different course."--book jacket.
0316428264 9780316428262
Discrimination in education--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
Public schools--United States.
School choice--United States.
LC213.2 / M378 2021
379.2/60973
Learning in public : lessons for a racially divided America from my daughter's school / Lessons for a racially divided America from my daughter's school. Courtney E. Martin. - First edition. - New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2021. - xvi, 380 pages ; 25 cm.
Includes discussion questions.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377).
A note on the making of this book -- Choosing -- Arriving -- Clashing -- Reckoning.
"From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began. Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney's journey, but a whole country's. Many of us are newly awakened to the continuing racial injustice all around us, but unsure of how to go beyond hashtags and yard signs to be a part of transforming the country. Courtney discovers that her public school, the foundation of our fragile democracy, is a powerful place to dig deeper. She examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other moms and dads as they navigate school choice. A vivid portrait of integrations virtues and complexities and, yes, the palpable joy of trying to live differently in a country remaking itself, Learning in Public might set your family's life on a different course."--book jacket.
0316428264 9780316428262
Discrimination in education--United States.
Educational equalization--United States.
Public schools--United States.
School choice--United States.
LC213.2 / M378 2021
379.2/60973