Born Out of Struggle: Critical Race Theory, School Creation, and the Politics of Interruption

by David Omotoso Stovall

Overview

Demonstrates how critical race theory can be useful in real-world situations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438459141
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	01/02/2017
Series:	SUNY series, Praxis: Theory in Action
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

David Omotoso Stovall is Professor of Educational Policy Studies and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago and is coeditor (with William Ayers and Therese Quinn) of Handbook of Social Justice in Education.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Patricia Maria Buenrostro and Carolina Gaete

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Responsibility to the Word: Into the Work of Putting Our Theories to Practice

1. Hunger Strike: History, Community Struggle, and Political Gamesmanship

2. To Create a School: Uneasy Partnerships with the Central Office

3. Counterstory as Praxis: Confronting Success and Failure on the Design Team

4. Paper Proposals Do Not Equal Real Life: Race Praxis and High School Creation

5. Educational Debt Relief: Classroom Struggles, Critical Race Praxis, and the Politics of School

6. Struggle, Failure, and Reflection in the First Cycle (2003–2009): Practical Lessons in Creating a School

7. Always on the Run: School Struggle in Perpetuity

Epilogue
Glossary of Acronyms
Bibliography
Index