Book Series
Critical Social Thought
New & Published Titles:
Reading and Writing the World with Mathematics
Toward a Pedagogy for Social Justice
Mathematics education in the United States can reproduce social inequalities whether schools use either "basic-skills" curricula to prepare mainly low-income students of color for low-skilled… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95084-8 (Routledge)
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Could It Be Otherwise?
Parents and the Inequalities of Public School Choice
Parents who wish to choose schools for their children must have more than a desire for different or better - they need detailed knowledge of… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94521-9 (Routledge)
Race, Identity, and Representation in Education
2nd Edition
This stunning new edition retains the book's broad aims, intended audience, and multidisciplinary approach. New chapters take into account the more current backdrop of globalization,… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94993-4 (Routledge)
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Radical Possibilities
Public Policy, Urban Education, and A New Social Movement
Jean Anyon's groundbreaking new book reveals the influence of federal and metropolitan policies and practices on the poverty that plagues schools and communities in American… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95099-2 (Routledge)
Mothering for Schooling
Griffith and Smith explore the innumerable, hidden, seemingly mundane tasks like getting kids ready for school, helping with homework, or serving on the PTA can… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95054-1 (Routledge)
Class Reunion
The Remaking of the American White Working Class
Noted scholar Lois Weis first visited the town of "Freeway" in her 1990 book, Working Class Without Work. In that book we met the students… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94908-8 (Routledge)
Working Method
Research and Social Justice
Working Method focuses on the theory, method, and politics of contemporary social research. As ethnographic and qualitative research become more popular, noted scholars Weis and… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94826-5 (Routledge)
Learning to Labor in New Times
Learning to Labor in New Times foregrounds nine essays which re-examine the work of noted sociologist Paul Willis, 25 years after the publication of his… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94855-5 (Routledge)
Rethinking Scientific Literacy
Rethinking Scientific Literacy presents a new perspective on science learning as a tool for improving communities. By focusing on case studies inside and outside of… read more2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-94843-2 (Routledge)
High Stakes Education
Inequality, Globalization, and Urban School Reform
Noted scholar Pauline Lipman explores the implications of education accountability reforms, particularly in urban schools, in the current political, economic, and cultural context of intensifying… read more2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-93508-1 (Routledge)
Forthcoming Titles:
The New Political Economy of Urban Education: Neoliberal Urbanism, Race, and the Right to the City
By Pauline Lipman
To be published August 1st 2010