Not Paved for Us
By
Camika Royal
Read by
Carmen Jewel Jones
Release:
10/14/2025
Release:
10/14/2025
Release:
10/14/2025
Runtime:
6h 23m
Runtime:
6h 23m
Runtime:
6h 23m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“This is a powerful book…It’s essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the racial politics of school reform and the importance of Black educators and communities to leading the creation of real solutions.”
Ken Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle
Winner of the 2024 AERA Outstanding Book Award
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.
Royal interrogates the history of education and educational reforms, recounting city, state, and federal interventions. 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.
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.
Not Paved for Us highlights the experiences of Black educators as they navigate the racial and cultural politics of urban school reform.
Royal interrogates the history of education and educational reforms, recounting city, state, and federal interventions. 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.
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.
Not Paved for Us highlights the experiences of Black educators as they navigate the racial and cultural politics of urban school reform.
Release:
2025-10-14
2025-10-14
2025-10-14
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
6h 23m
6h 23m
6h 23m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
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0.5 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9798350889383
9798228668515
9798228668591
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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