{"product_id":"the-choice-we-face-how-segregation-race-and-power-have-shaped-americas-most-controversial-education-reform-movement-paperback","title":"The Choice We Face: How Segregation, Race, and Power Have Shaped America's Most Controversial Education Reform Movement - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJon Hale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive history of school choice in the US, from its birth in the 1950s as the most effective weapon to oppose integration to its lasting impact in reshaping the public education system today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost Americans today see school choice as their inalienable right. In \u003ci\u003eThe Choice We Face\u003c\/i\u003e, scholar Jon Hale reveals what most fail to see: school choice is grounded in a complex history of race, exclusion, and inequality. Through evaluating historic and contemporary education policies, Hale demonstrates how reframing the way we see school choice represents an opportunity to evolve from complicity to action. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe idea of school choice, which emerged in the 1950s during the civil rights movement, was disguised by American rhetoric as a symbol of freedom and individualism. Shaped by the ideas of conservative economist Milton Friedman, the school choice movement was a weapon used to oppose integration and maintain racist and classist inequalities. Still supported by Democrats and Republicans alike, this policy continues to shape American education in nuanced ways, Hale shows--from the expansion of for-profit charter schools and civil rights-based reform efforts to the appointment of Betsy DeVos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExposing the origins of a movement that continues to privilege middle- to upper-class whites while depleting the resources for students left behind, \u003ci\u003eThe Choice We Face\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, definitive new history that promises to challenge long-held assumptions on education and redefines our moment as an opportunity to save it--a choice we will not have for much longer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJon N. Hale\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of educational history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an advocate for quality public education. Hale's research in education has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN.com, \u003ci\u003eEducation Week\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eAmerican Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eAfrican American Intellectual History Series\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Freedom Schools\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo Write in the Light of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766430826784,"sku":"9780807055595","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/91113a4458e79643a2927262a6e6cab0.webp?v=1780292568","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-choice-we-face-how-segregation-race-and-power-have-shaped-americas-most-controversial-education-reform-movement-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}