Anti-Oppressive Education in "Elite" Schools Promising Practices & Cautionary Tales from the Field Edited by Katy Swalwell & Daniel Spikes with an afterword by Paul Gorski COMING SOON FROM TEACHERS COLLEGE PRESS |
ABOUT THE BOOK
This timely volume contains insights from researchers, practitioners, and youth
to help guide anti-oppressive education in private and public schools
serving predominantly wealthy, white student bodies
with the goal of actually disrupting rather than continuing to reproduce
systemic advantage for wealthy, white families.
to help guide anti-oppressive education in private and public schools
serving predominantly wealthy, white student bodies
with the goal of actually disrupting rather than continuing to reproduce
systemic advantage for wealthy, white families.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
Katy Swalwell, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Social & Cultural Studies in the School of Education at Iowa State University. For over a decade, she has worked alongside, studied, and supported educators working in predominantly white, wealthy schools with a focus on anti-oppressive curriculum and instruction. She is the author of Educating Activist Allies: Social Justice Pedagogy with the Suburban and Urban Elite and To Build A Better World: Anti-Oppressive Social Studies with Young Learners with Noreen Naseem Rodríguez.
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Daniel Spikes, Ph.D. is Assistant Superintendent of Administrative Services for Lufkin Independent School District in Lufkin, Texas. For over a decade, he has served in various administrative roles in K-12 schools and studied the impact of equity-oriented leadership as a professor of educational leadership at Iowa State University and the University of South Carolina. His scholarship has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, and has influenced his support of schools and organizations across the country trying to ground their practice in equity and justice.
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