{"product_id":"not-paved-for-us-camika-royal-9781682537350","title":"Not Paved for Us: Black Educators and Public School Reform in Philadelphia","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2024 AERA Outstanding Book Award \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Not Paved for Us chronicles a fifty-year period in Philadelphia education, and offers a critical look at how school reform efforts do and do not transform outcomes for Black students and educators. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This illuminating book offers an extensive, expert analysis of a school system that bears the legacy, hallmarks, and consequences that lie at the intersection of race and education. Urban education scholar Camika Royal deftly analyzes decades of efforts aimed at improving school performance within the School District of Philadelphia (SDP), in a brisk survey spanning every SDP superintendency from the 1960s through 2017. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Royal interrogates the history of education and educational reforms, recounting city, state, and federal interventions. She covers SDP's connections with the Common School Movement and the advent of the Philadelphia Freedom Schools, and she addresses federal policy shifts, from school desegregation to the No Child Left Behind and Every Student Succeeds Acts. Her survey provides sociopolitical context and rich groundwork for a nuanced examination of why many large urban districts struggle to implement reforms with fidelity and in ways that advance Black students academically and holistically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a bracing critique, Royal bears witness to the ways in which positive public school reform has been obstructed: through racism and racial capitalism, but also via liberal ideals, neoliberal practices, and austerity tactics. Royal shows how, despite the well-intended actions of larger entities, the weight of school reform, here as in other large urban districts, has been borne by educators striving to meet the extensive needs of their students, families, and communities with only the slightest material, financial, and human resources. She draws on the experiences of Black educators and community members and documents their contributions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Paved for Us\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the experiences of Black educators as they navigate the racial and cultural politics of urban school reform. Ultimately, Royal names, dissects, and challenges the presence of racism in school reform policies and practices while calling for an antiracist future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Camika Royal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682537358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682537350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard Education PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.13w x 0.43d","brand":"Camika Royal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44044745507071,"sku":"9781682537350","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6aa1abed-599b-4ba5-8b33-f2b6366d88fb.jpg?v=1684974641","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-paved-for-us-camika-royal-9781682537350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}