Education, civic empowerment, and race: commentary on Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind
Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind is a thoughtful, accessible, philosophically rich look at civic education in U.S. schools. The book’s central claims are, on the whole, quite persuasive. In the interests of fostering further discussion, this essay raises some questions about the book’s accoun...
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| description | Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind is a thoughtful, accessible, philosophically rich look at civic education in U.S. schools. The book’s central claims are, on the whole, quite persuasive. In the interests of fostering further discussion, this essay raises some questions about the book’s accounts of racial microaggressions in schools, the extent of authenticity in student experiences, and the practice of code-switching. |
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| spelling | nottingham-326972020-05-04T20:11:05Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/32697/ Education, civic empowerment, and race: commentary on Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind Hoskins, Zachary Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind is a thoughtful, accessible, philosophically rich look at civic education in U.S. schools. The book’s central claims are, on the whole, quite persuasive. In the interests of fostering further discussion, this essay raises some questions about the book’s accounts of racial microaggressions in schools, the extent of authenticity in student experiences, and the practice of code-switching. 2015 Article PeerReviewed Hoskins, Zachary (2015) Education, civic empowerment, and race: commentary on Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind. Social Philosophy Today, 31 . pp. 163-168. ISSN 2153-9448 https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=socphiltoday&id=socphiltoday_2015_0031_0163_0168 doi:10.5840/socphiltoday201551815 doi:10.5840/socphiltoday201551815 |
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| title | Education, civic empowerment, and race: commentary on Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind |
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| title_short | Education, civic empowerment, and race: commentary on Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind |
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