Title
No Citizen Left Behind / Meira Levinson.
ISBN
9780674065291
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (400 p.) : 1 line illustration, 4 tables
Item Number
10.4159/harvard.9780674065291 doi
Call Number
LC1091 .L39 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
370.11/5
Summary
While teaching at an all-Black middle school in Atlanta, Levinson realized that her students' individual self-improvement would not necessarily enable them to overcome their historical marginalization. In order to overcome their civic empowerment gap, students must learn how to reshape power relationships through public political and civic action.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Sep 2020)
Series
Educational psychology: critical pedagogical perspectives ; 13
Frontmatter
Contents
PROLOGUE
1. THE CIVIC EMPOWERMENT GAP
2. "AT SCHOOL I TALK STRAIGHT"
3. "YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO STRUGGLE"
4. RETHINKING HEROES AND ROLE MODELS
5. HOW TO SOAR IN A WORLD YOU'VE NEVER SEEN
6. THE CASE FOR ACTION CIVICS
7. DEMOCRACY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND EDUCATION
EPILOGUE
NOTES
REFERENCES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Index