Learning in public Lessons for a racially divided America from my daughter's school
Book - 2021
"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 powe...rful place to dig deeper"--
- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company
2021.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- First edition
- Item Description
- Includes discussion questions.
- Physical Description
- xvi, 380 pages ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-377).
- ISBN
- 9780316428262