Inside Ocean Hill-Brownsville : a teacher's education, 1968-69 /
The story of an Ocean Hill-Brownsville teacher who crossed picket lines during the racially charged New York City teachers' strike of 1968. In 1968 the conflict that erupted over community control of the New York City public schools was centered in the black and Puerto Rican community of Ocean...
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| Language: | English |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press, Albany,
[2014]
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| ISBN: | 9781438452968 1438452969 1438452977 9781438452975 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part I: Prelude to Confrontation; Tales of Two Cities; The Fight for Integration; Where Are the Teachers?; Boycotts and Dead Ends; New Voices at a New School; People Power in Brownsville; An Experiment Is Born; A Preemptive Summer; Polarization; The Governing Board Strikes Back; Part II: Ten Weeks, Three Strikes; Back to Brooklyn; First Time at Bat; The New ; Meets the Old; Strike One; A Rocky Return; Strike Two; Divisions Emerge; The UFT Rallies Against Mob Rule; The Jewish Holidays; An Experiment in Testing.
- Escalation, Capitulation, ResistanceWalkout; A Brief Case Study in Manufactured History; The "Settlement" Unravels; "Your Papers, Please!"; An Accidental Arrest; "Now Play Nice Together"; Strike Three, Week One; Eye of the Storm; Crossing the Lines; The Leaflet Controversy; Is This What You Want For Your Children? The Uft Says No!; The Wright Stuff; Teaching Future Teachers; Teacher Evaluations; Too Little, Too Late; The Strike Is Settled; Part III: The Vise Tightens; Not Back to Normal; Nauman Returns, Sort Of; Trespass; The Synagogue Fires; Johnson's Welcome Wears Him Out.
- Facing Down FirmanChaos to Camelot; The January Offensive; Vann and Campbell Meet the Press; Mr. Singer's Visit; The Principal Returns and Teachers Leave; The ADL Report; Dissent and Rebuttal; Thoughts on the Black/Jewish Divide; Martin Mayer Spins a Tale; Homeroom Math; Getting the Right Answer; The Splits Widen; The Madison Project; Civil Liberties Revisited; A Downhill Slide; The Season of Student Revolts; Signs of a Feud; Decentralization Debacle; Choosing Sides; Enter the Republic; He Said, He Said; The Empire Strikes Back; Implosion; Graduation Day; Part IV: Aftermath.
- Brownsville Battles OnJews, Whites, and Others; Decentralization Reaps What Was Sown; The Bloomberg Era; Miracle or Mirage; Testing and Its Discontents; The End Product; Coda; Notes; Illustration Credits; Sources; Books; Journal Articles and Papers; Reports and Position Papers; Court Decisions; Newspapers, Newsletters, and Magazines; Interviews; Index.