Underprivileged School Children and the Assault on Dignity: Policy Challenges and Resistance (Routledge Studies in Education, Neoliberalism, and Marxism)

"Every day, children living in low-income communities have no choice but to grow up in a climate where they experience multiple unending assaults to their sense of dignity. This volume applies theoretical and historical insights to think through the increasingly undignified realities of life in economically marginalized communities. It includes examples of curricular challenges that low-income students in the US confront today while attempting to learn. Curricular challenges are analyzed as material texts that emerge out of student lived experiences in the economically disposed neighborhoods in which schools are located, and the dynamics of the schools and classrooms themselves. Attention is also paid to educators and students who push back against these forces in an effort to reclaim voice, identity and dignity"--Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Table of Contents 6 Foreword 8 1 Introduction 14 Part I The Assault on Dignity in Households and Communities 30 2 People of Color on the Frontline of Environmental Assault 32 3 Poverty and Child Development: Beyond the Schoolyard Gate 61 4 Juvenile Justice in a Changing Environment 90 Part II The Assault on Dignity in Schools 108 5 Market Ideologies and the Undermining of Democracy, Education, and Equality 110 6 E Pluribus Unum: Elementary School Narratives and the Making of National Identity 123 7 Neoliberalism and Urban School Reform: A Cincinnati Case Study 145 Part III Resistance from Inside Communities and Schools 168 8 Raising Critique About Unhealthy Food Access Among Marginalized Youth in Communities and Schools 170 9 Speak It, Live It! Spoken Word Pedagogy as Critical and Culturally Responsive Practice 186 10 The War on Dignity: Hip-Hop Youth Read Schools the Riot Act 205 11 Conclusion 221 Contributors 226 Index 230