Hope and healing in urban education

By Shawn A. Ginwright

Subjects: Children with social disabilities, education, Minorities, Urban Education, Education, Children with social disabilities, Minorities, education, united states, Education, united states, Education, urban

Description: "[This book] proposes a new movement of healing justice to repair the damage done by the erosion of hope resulting from structural violence in urban communities. Drawing on ethnographic case studies from around the country, this book chronicles how teacher activists employ healing strategies in stressed schools and community organizations, and work to reverse negative impacts on academic achievement and civic engagement, supporting their students to become powerful civic actors"--Back cover.