The Enduring Legacy Structured Inequality in America's Public Schools

• Main Author: Ryan, Mark Edward
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press 2020
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 18th century; America; American classroom; American classroom ever more segregated in the 2020’s; Central / national / federal government; Central / national / federal government policies; chronological; civil rights; community; context; de facto segregation; de jure segregation; dialectic between the philosophies of inclusion and exclusion; Discrimination in education; Discrimination in education-United States-History; diversity; Education; Educational equalization; Educational strategies and policy; educator; enduring legacy of segregation; ethical imperative; exclusion; exclusive system; foundation course; hierarchy; historical; historical paradox; History; history of school segregation; inclusive; integrated classroom; layered hierarchies of exclusion; Lyndon Johnson; multifaceted historical; multifaceted paradox; pedagogical; pedagogical paradox; pluralist democracy; political; Political aspects; political paradox; politics; Politics and government; politics of school segregation; professional responsibility; public education; Public Policy & Administration; Public schools; racial isolation; racial segregation; racism; Racism in education; Racism in education-United States-History; resegregation; Richard Nixon; school segragation; Segregation; Segregation in education; Segregation in education-United States-History; Social Darwinism; Society and Social Sciences; solutions; solutions to school segregation; Southern Strategy; supreme court case; Supreme Court cases on racial segregation; teacher; teacher education; thema EDItEUR; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JN Education::JNF Educational strategies and policy; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPQ Central / national / federal government::JPQB Central / national / federal government policies; United States
• ISBN: 9780472074686; 0472074687; 0472127276; 0472054686; 9780472054688; 9780472127276
• DOI: 10.3998/mpub.11645040

Enduring Legacy describes a multifaceted paradox—a constant struggle between those who espouse a message of hope and inclusion and others who systematically plan for exclusion. Structured inequality in the nation’s schools is deeply connected to social stratification within American society. This paradox began in the eighteenth century and has proved an enduring legacy. Mark Ryan provides historical, political, and pedagogical contexts for teacher candidates—not only to comprehend the nature of racial segregation but, as future educators, to understand their own professional responsibilities, both in the community and in the school, to strive for an integrated classroom where all children have a chance to succeed. The goal of providing every child a world-class education is an ethical imperative, an inherent necessity for a functioning pluralistic democracy. The challenge is both great and growing, for teachers today will face an evermore segregated American classroom.