{"product_id":"ghosts-in-the-schoolyard-racism-and-school-closings-on-chicagos-south-side-paperback","title":"Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEve L. Ewing\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Failing schools. Underprivileged schools. Just plain \u003ci\u003ebad\u003c\/i\u003e schools.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That's how Eve L. Ewing opens \u003ci\u003eGhosts in the Schoolyard\u003c\/i\u003e: describing Chicago Public Schools from the outside. The way politicians and pundits and parents of kids who attend other schools talk about them, with a mix of pity and contempt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Ewing knows Chicago Public Schools from the inside: as a student, then a teacher, and now a scholar who studies them. And that perspective has shown her that public schools are not buildings full of failures--they're an integral part of their neighborhoods, at the heart of their communities, storehouses of history and memory that bring people together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Never was that role more apparent than in 2013 when Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced an unprecedented wave of school closings. Pitched simultaneously as a solution to a budget problem, a response to declining enrollments, and a chance to purge bad schools that were dragging down the whole system, the plan was met with a roar of protest from parents, students, and teachers. But if these schools were so bad, why did people care so much about keeping them open, to the point that some would even go on a hunger strike? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ewing's answer begins with a story of systemic racism, inequality, bad faith, and distrust that stretches deep into Chicago history. Rooting her exploration in the historic African American neighborhood of Bronzeville, Ewing reveals that this issue is about much more than just schools. Black communities see the closing of their schools--schools that are certainly less than perfect but that are \u003ci\u003etheirs\u003c\/i\u003e--as one more in a long line of racist policies. The fight to keep them open is yet another front in the ongoing struggle of black people in America to build successful lives and achieve true self-determination.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.3 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 10, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52078589509933,"sku":"9780226526164","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ghosts-in-the-schoolyard-racism-and-school-closings-on-chicagos-south-side-paperback-9969539.webp?v=1780163781","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/ghosts-in-the-schoolyard-racism-and-school-closings-on-chicagos-south-side-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}