{"product_id":"punished-for-dreaming-bettina-l-love-9781250280381","title":"Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOW A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e AND A \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST, \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education 'reform' in this landmark book. I hated school because it warred on me. I hated school because I loved to dream.\"  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Ibram X. Kendi, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to be an Antiracist\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the tradition of Michelle Alexander, an unflinching reckoning with the impact of 40 years of racist public school policy on generations of Black lives\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePunished for Dreaming\u003c\/i\u003e Dr. Bettina Love argues forcefully that Reagan's presidency ushered in a War on Black Children, pathologizing and penalizing them in concert with the War on Drugs. New policies punished schools with policing, closure, and loss of funding in the name of reform, as white savior, egalitarian efforts increasingly allowed private interests to infiltrate the system. These changes implicated children of color, and Black children in particular, as low performing, making it all too easy to turn a blind eye to their disproportionate conviction and incarceration. Today, there is little national conversation about a structural overhaul of American schools; cosmetic changes, rooted in anti-Blackness, are now passed off as justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is time to put a price tag on the miseducation of Black children. In this prequel to \u003ci\u003eThe New Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e, Dr. Love serves up a blistering account of four decades of educational reform through the lens of the people who lived it. \u003ci\u003ePunished for Dreaming \u003c\/i\u003elays bare the devastating effect on 25 Black Americans caught in the intersection of economic gain and racist ideology. Then, with input from leading U.S. economists\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003eDr. Love offers a road map for repair, arguing for reparations with transformation for all children at its core.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bettina L. Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250280389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250280381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.98lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/13\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024","brand":"Bettina L. Love","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133754339583,"sku":"9781250280381","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c1e8fd52-d50a-435b-86f1-bbecd1928908.jpg?v=1687488035","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/punished-for-dreaming-bettina-l-love-9781250280381","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}