Writing The School House Blues: Literacy, Equity, And Belonging In A Child?ÆS Early Schooling (Language And Literacy Series)

This ethnographic study of a young African American boy's educational trajectory from Pre-K to second grade, examining how a district mandate to desegregate its schools altered the school-based experiences of Ta'Von and his fellow students. Taking a sociocultural perspective, the book examines the relationship between integration and social inclusion/exclusion, arguing that desegregation is not sufficient to create a truly inclusive schooling system. Citing instances of persistent inequality based on race, class, and gender, Dyson outlines how literacy, while complicit in both creating and magnifying these types of inequality/exclusion, can also be a powerful tool for remediating them and thereby creating truly inclusive spaces--

• | Author: Anne Haas Dyson
• | Publisher: Teachers College Press
• | Publication Date: 6-Aug-21
• | Number of Pages: 192 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0807765775
• | ISBN-13: 9780807765777