For years, I have been exploring the impacts of the intersection of education and social policies. Here is a growing list of some groundings for how I think about public education, and what’s shaping the way I plan to advocate on the Chicago Public Schools Board.
Books:
Designed to Fail: Why Racial Equity in School Funding is So Hard to Achieve (Roseann Liu)
As Public as Possible: Radical Finance for America’s Public Schools (David I. Backer)
A Political Education: Black Politics and Education Reform in Chicago Since the 1960s (Elizabeth Todd-Breland)
Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities (Celina Su)
Navigating School Board Politics: A Framework for Advancing Equity (Carrie Sampson)
Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side (Eve L. Ewing)
Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools (Amanda E. Lewis and John B. Diamond)
Engineered Conflict: Structural Violence and the Future of Black Life in Chicago (David Omotoso Stovall)
Hauntings, Remembering, and Aesthetics: Using Artmaking and Storytelling to Rethink School Closures (Kristy Ulrich Papczun)
Dude, You’re A Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in Schools (C.J. Pascoe)
Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus (Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan)
Articles:
The Three Rs of Education Across Chicagoland: Racism, Resistance, & Reform
The Distribution of School Spending Impacts (C. Kirabo Jackson & Claire L. Mackevicius)
School Participatory Budgeting: An Emerging Governance Tool and Its Managerial Considerations (Iuliia Shybalkina & Tina Nabatchi)
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