Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Excellent 4.8 out of 5

Trustpilot

You now have 0 of this item in your basket

Power, Protest, and the Public Schools: Jewish and African American Struggles in New York City

[Hardback]

by Melissa Weiner

Author
Melissa Weiner
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Published
June 2010

Read full description

Click to expand

Today's Price

£36.92

Save 26%

Free UK Delivery

Available - Usually dispatched within 3 days

Buying for a school or church? Upgrade to a FREE Eden Advance Account

Enter the product quantity

Power, Protest, and the Public Schools: Jewish and African American Struggles in New York City

Today's Price £36.92

Frequently Bought Together

Power, Protest, and the Public Schools: Jewish and African American Struggles in New York City

by Melissa Weiner

Hardback

The Meaning of Love

by Vladimir Solovyov

Paperback

Add both to basket for £51.22 and save £13.77

Product Description

Accounts of Jewish immigrants usually describe the role of education in helping youngsters earn a higher social position than their parents. Melissa F. Weiner argues that New York City schools did not serve as pathways to mobility for Jewish or African American students. Instead, at different points in the city's history, politicians and administrators erected similar racial barriers to social advancement by marginalizing and denying resources that other students enjoyed. Power, Protest, and the Public Schools explores how activists, particularly parents and children, responded to inequality; the short-term effects of their involvement; and the long-term benefits that would spearhead future activism. Weiner concludes by considering how today's Hispanic and Arab children face similar inequalities within public schools.