The Complex Web of Inequality in North American Schools: Investigating Educational Policies for Social Justice (Routledge Research in Education)

by Kris D. Gutierrez (Editor), Briana M. Hinga (Editor), Miguel N. Abad (Editor), Gilberto Q. Conchas (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2019

  $160.82

  Examining the role that policy reform plays in shaping school systems, this edited collection critically interrogates educational policies that marginalize the most marginalized populations in schools. The original case studies highlight how inequities persist or have worsened for the most vulnerable populations when structures, practices, and/or beliefs are not adequately addressed through policy reform. Chapter authors consider how numerous policy reforms have failed to eradicate opportunity gaps between economically rich and poor students, between white and Asian students versus Black and Latino students, for Second language Learners, and other marginalized populations in the US and internationally. The insights into such policies shed light on the complex web of historically embedded inequities that continue to shape the construction, roll-out, and consequences of education policy for the most at risk populations today.