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"Expelling Hope raises critical questions about the effects of punitive policies, particularly "zero tolerance," and repressive social relationships on youth (of color) and public schooling. It argues convincingly that zero tolerance is a catchword, or linchpin, for an array of discourses and social practices that support the criminalization of youth, the militarization of public schooling and culture, and the marketization of public life. Politically...

Engaging Paulo Freires Pedagogy of Possibility is a cross-cultural case study of how people experience schooling in relation to their sense of time and optimism. Cesar Augusto Rossatto examines how real-life situations and social structures influence peoples construction of notions of possibilities. The findings of this study suggest that a curriculum based on Freirean critical pedagogy and time theories can be used to enhance time-consciousness values...

"Applies the partnership model to education from kindergarten to twelfth grade and beyond, providing practical guidance for educators, parents, and students. It provides a systemic approach that offers a more accurate and hopeful picture of what being human means"--Jacket.

The scope and theme of Tooning In aim to insert into the debate surrounding so-called popular culture and its role in shaping society specific perspectives regarding popular culture and adolescents' lives. The authors suggest that popular culture is vital to how adolescents make sense of the world and educators should tap into it as a tool for imparting critical thinking skills and generally empowering students. Tooning In critically examines and...

Several alternative schools are studied, especially in light of how the democratization of choice by their students often goes against traditional educational choice reforms. These experiments embrace the ideas of Paulo Freire and his thoughts on decentralization of power in the educational system.

"This practical book examines how teaching media in high school English and social studies classrooms can address major challenges in our educational system. The authors argue that, in addition to providing underserved youth with access to 21st century learning technologies, critical media education will help improve academic literacy achievement in city schools. Critical Media Pedagogy presents first-hand accounts of teachers who are successfully...

Many students who fail at school are confused about whether to blame the school, themselves, or their surroundings, and in this, says school psychologist, Gopodman (counseling and special education, California State U.-Fresno), they reflect the confusion of society at large. He calls on the students themselves to describe their experience to provide clues to how educators can improve pedagogy and praxis.

"Du Bois's Dialectics is doubly distinguished from other books on W.E.B. Du Bois because it is the first extended exploration of Du Bois's contributions to new critical theory and the first book-length treatment of his contributions to contemporary black radical politics and the developing discipline of Africana studies. With chapters that undertake ideological critiques of education, religion, the politics of reparations, and the problematics of...