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Jesus' Table Talk (Hardcover)
Scott Townsend; Preface by Noel S. Anderson
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The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic
Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers
which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends
that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects
global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this
volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from
different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn.
Brooklyn has always been legendary and has more recently regained
its stature as a much sought after place to live, work and have
fun. Popular folklore has it that most U.S. residents trace their
family origins to Brooklyn. It is presently referred to as one of
the "hippest" places in New York. Thus, this book is a collection
of demographic, ethnographic, and comparative studies which focus
on urban dynamics in Brooklyn. The chapters investigate issues of
social class, urban development, immigration, race, ethnicity and
politics within the context of Brooklyn. As a whole, this book
considers both theoretical and practical urban issues. In most
cases the scholarly perspective is on everyday life. With this in
mind there are also social justice concerns. Issues of social
segregation and attendant homogenization are brought to light.
Moreover, social class and race advantages or disadvantages, as
part of urban processes, are underscored through critiques of local
policy decisions throughout the chapters. A common thread is the
assertion by contributors that planning the future of Brooklyn
needs to include multi-ethnic, racial, and economic groups, those
very residents who make-up Brooklyn.
The World in Brooklyn: Gentrification, Immigration, and Ethnic
Politics in a Global City, is a collection of scholarly papers
which analyze demographic, social, political, and economic trends
that are occurring in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, as the context, reflects
global forces while also contributing to them. The idea for this
volume developed as the editors discovered a group of scholars from
different disciplines and various universities studying Brooklyn.
Brooklyn has always been legendary and has more recently regained
its stature as a much sought after place to live, work and have
fun. Popular folklore has it that most U.S. residents trace their
family origins to Brooklyn. It is presently referred to as one of
the "hippest" places in New York. Thus, this book is a collection
of demographic, ethnographic, and comparative studies which focus
on urban dynamics in Brooklyn. The chapters investigate issues of
social class, urban development, immigration, race, ethnicity and
politics within the context of Brooklyn. As a whole, this book
considers both theoretical and practical urban issues. In most
cases the scholarly perspective is on everyday life. With this in
mind there are also social justice concerns. Issues of social
segregation and attendant homogenization are brought to light.
Moreover, social class and race advantages or disadvantages, as
part of urban processes, are underscored through critiques of local
policy decisions throughout the chapters. A common thread is the
assertion by contributors that planning the future of Brooklyn
needs to include multi-ethnic, racial, and economic groups, those
very residents who make-up Brooklyn.
Before the founding of the United States, enslaved Africans
advocated literacy as a method of emancipation. During the
Reconstruction period after the Civil War, blacks were at the
forefront of the debates on the establishment of public schools in
the South. In fact, a wealth of ideas about the role of education
in American freedom and progress emerged from African American
civic, political, and religious communities and was informed by the
complexity of the Black experience in America. Education as
Freedom: African American Educational Thought and Activism is a
groundbreaking edited text that documents and reexamines
African-American empirical, methodological, and theoretical
contributions to knowledge-making, teaching, and learning and
American education from the nineteenth through the twenty-first
century, the most dynamic period of African-American educational
thought and activism. African-American thought and activism
regarding education burgeoned from traditional academic
disciplines, such as philosophy and art, mathematics and the
natural sciences, and history and psychology; from the Black church
as well as from grassroot political, social, cultural, and
educational activism, with the desire to assess the stake of
African Americans in modernity.
Before the founding of the United States, enslaved Africans
advocated literacy as a method of emancipation. During the
Reconstruction period after the Civil War, blacks were at the
forefront of the debates on the establishment of public schools in
the South. In fact, a wealth of ideas about the role of education
in American freedom and progress emerged from African American
civic, political, and religious communities and was informed by the
complexity of the Black experience in America. Education as
Freedom: African American Educational Thought and Activism is a
groundbreaking edited text that documents and reexamines
African-American empirical, methodological, and theoretical
contributions to knowledge-making, teaching, and learning and
American education from the nineteenth through the twenty-first
century, the most dynamic period of African-American educational
thought and activism. African-American thought and activism
regarding education burgeoned from traditional academic
disciplines, such as philosophy and art, mathematics and the
natural sciences, and history and psychology; from the Black church
as well as from grassroot political, social, cultural, and
educational activism, with the desire to assess the stake of
African Americans in modernity.
This book disrupts the false dichotomy of college versus career by
showing how young people and the programs created to serve them
integrate the worlds of college and career readiness as students
work to learn against the odds and strive toward lives that matter
to them. Work-based learning at each stage of the K-college
experience is crucial to the development of young people. Through
analysis of national policies on college readiness and work-based
learning, as well as through illustrative case studies of young
people in work-based learning programs, the authors highlight the
programs, voices, and experiences of young people from middle
school through college. Through interviews, participating students
share their views, aspirations, and preparation for both college
and career.
Shares the voices of students speaking out against the failures of
urban education "Our schools suck." This is how many young people
of color call attention to the kind of public education they are
receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped
in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of
scholars and of public figures have shifted attention away from the
persistence of school segregation to lambaste the values of young
people themselves. Our Schools Suck forcefully challenges this
assertion by giving voice to the compelling stories of African
American and Latino students who attend under-resourced inner-city
schools, where guidance counselors and AP classes are limited and
security guards and metal detectors are plentiful-and grow
disheartened by a public conversation that continually casts them
as the problem with urban schools. By showing that young people are
deeply committed to education but often critical of the kind of
education they are receiving, this book highlights the dishonesty
of public claims that they do not value education. Ultimately,
these powerful student voices remind us of the ways we have shirked
our public responsibility to create excellent schools. True school
reform requires no less than a new civil rights movement, where
adults join with young people to ensure an equal education for each
and every student.
Shares the voices of students speaking out against the failures of
urban education "Our schools suck." This is how many young people
of color call attention to the kind of public education they are
receiving. In cities across the nation, many students are trapped
in under-funded, mismanaged and unsafe schools. Yet, a number of
scholars and of public figures have shifted attention away from the
persistence of school segregation to lambaste the values of young
people themselves. Our Schools Suck forcefully challenges this
assertion by giving voice to the compelling stories of African
American and Latino students who attend under-resourced inner-city
schools, where guidance counselors and AP classes are limited and
security guards and metal detectors are plentiful-and grow
disheartened by a public conversation that continually casts them
as the problem with urban schools. By showing that young people are
deeply committed to education but often critical of the kind of
education they are receiving, this book highlights the dishonesty
of public claims that they do not value education. Ultimately,
these powerful student voices remind us of the ways we have shirked
our public responsibility to create excellent schools. True school
reform requires no less than a new civil rights movement, where
adults join with young people to ensure an equal education for each
and every student.
This book disrupts the false dichotomy of college versus career by
showing how young people and the programs created to serve them
integrate the worlds of college and career readiness as students
work to learn against the odds and strive toward lives that matter
to them. Work-based learning at each stage of the K-college
experience is crucial to the development of young people. Through
analysis of national policies on college readiness and work-based
learning, as well as through illustrative case studies of young
people in work-based learning programs, the authors highlight the
programs, voices, and experiences of young people from middle
school through college. Through interviews, participating students
share their views, aspirations, and preparation for both college
and career.
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Jesus' Table Talk (Paperback)
Scott Townsend; Preface by Noel S. Anderson
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R424
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