A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago Since the 1960s

by Elizabeth Todd-Breland

Book Overview

In 2012, Chicago's school year began with the city's first teachers' strike in a quarter century and ended with the largest mass closure of public schools in U.S. history. On one side, a union leader and veteran black woman educator drew upon organizing strategies from black and Latinx communities to demand increased school resources. On the other side, the mayor, backed by the Obama administration, argued that only corporate-style education reform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469646587
• ISBN13: 9781469646589
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"