Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/J5XkRi Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space Where the Market Meets Grassroots Resistance By: Kristen L. Buras Publisher: Routledge Print ISBN: 9780415660501, 0415660505 eText ISBN: 9781135077501, 1135077509 Edition: 1st Pages: 230 Copyright year: 2015 Format: EPUB Available from $ 21.58 USD SKU 9781135077501R90 Charter schools have been promoted as an equitable and innovative solution to the problems plaguing urban schools. Advocates claim that charter schools benefit working-class students of color by offering them access to a portfolio of school choices. In Charter Schools, Race, and Urban Space, Kristen Buras presents a very different account. Her case study of New Orleans—where veteran teachers were fired en masse and the nation's first all-charter school district was developed—shows that such reform is less about the needs of racially oppressed communities and more about the production of an urban space economy in which white entrepreneurs capitalize on black children and neighborhoods. In this revealing book, Buras draws on critical theories of race, political economy, and space, as well as a decade of research on the ground to expose the criminal dispossession of black teachers and students who have contributed to New Orleans' culture and history. Mapping federal, state, and local policy networks, she shows how the city's landscape has been reshaped by a strategic venture to privatize public education. She likewise chronicles grassroots efforts to defend historic schools and neighborhoods against this assault, revealing a commitment to equity and place and articulating a vision of change that is sure to inspire heated debate among communities nationwide. Additional ISBNs 9780415814621, 0415814626
