
Ethnically Qualified
Race, Merit and the Selection of Urban Teachers
Christina Collins(Author)
Teachers' College Press
Will be published approx. on 10. January 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-8077-5163-3 (ISBN)
Description
Why did the New York City school district once have the lowest ratio of minority teachers to minority students of any large urban school system in the country? Using an array of historical sources, this provocative book explores the barriers that African American and Latino candidates faced in attempting to become public school teachers in New York from the turn of the century through the end of the 1970s. Christina Collins argues that no single institution or policy was to blame for the city's low numbers of non-white educators during this period. Instead, she concludes in this deeply researched book that it was the cumulative effect of discriminatory practices across an entire system of teacher training and selection that created New York's unique lack of racial diversity in its teaching force.
Because of its size and diversity, New York represents a particularly valuable case study to learn more about the history of urban teachers in the United States. And, with the current mandate for "qualified teachers" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, this fascinating historical account will be essential reading as we debate who is qualified to teach in public school classrooms now and in the future.
Because of its size and diversity, New York represents a particularly valuable case study to learn more about the history of urban teachers in the United States. And, with the current mandate for "qualified teachers" under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, this fascinating historical account will be essential reading as we debate who is qualified to teach in public school classrooms now and in the future.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-5163-3 (9780807751633)
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Person
Christina Collins has worked as a researcher and policy analyst at the United Federation of Teachers and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.