Synopses & Reviews
Based largely on material from Joel Springs
The American School 1649-2000, Fifth Edition,
Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality is a concise history of Anglo American racism and school policies affecting dominated groups in the United States. Spring focuses on the educational, legal and social construction of race and racism, and on educational practices related to deculturalization, segregation, and the civil rights movement. He emphasizes issues of power and control in schools and how the dominant Anglo class has stripped away the culture of minority peoples in the US and replaced it with the dominant culture.
Spring gives voice to the often-overlooked perspectives of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic/Latino Americans, and Native Americans. An understanding of these historical perspectives and how they impact current conditions and policies is critical to teachers success or failure in todays diverse classrooms. Very brief and affordable, Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality is an ideal supplement for Introduction/Foundations of Education, Multicultural Education, or any course that seeks to expand student notions of what U. S. education has been and is.
About the Author
Joel Spring, professor of education at the New School University, received his Ph.D. in educational policy studies from the University of Wisconsin. His father was born a citizen of the Choctaw Nation in Indian Territory prior to the abolishment of the Choctaw government and the creation of Oklahoma. Professor Spring’s current interest in Native American culture and history is a reflection of his Indian background. His major research interests are the history of education, multicultural education, Native American culture, and the politics of education.Professor Spring is the author of many books including The Cultural Transformation of a Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995: A Basket of Apples; Images of American Life: A History of Ideological Management in Schools, Movies, Radio, and Television; and Political Agendas for Education: From the Christian Coalition to the Green Party. For McGraw-Hill Professor Spring has authored American Education; Wheels in the Head: Educational Philosophies of Authority, Freedom, and Culture from Socrates to Human Rights; The Intersection of Cultures: Multicultural Education in the United States and the Global Economy; Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality: A Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States, and Conflict of Interests: The Politics of American Education.
Table of Contents
Preface
CHAPTER 1: Deculturalization and the Claim of Racial and Cultural Superiority by Anglo Americans
Culture and Race as Central Issues in U.S. History and EducationDeculturalization and Democratic ThoughtRace, Racism, and CitizenshipConcepts of Cultural and Racial SuperiorityThe Naturalization Act of 1790 and What It Means to Be WhiteEducation and Creation of an Anglo-American CultureEducational and Cultural DifferencesEarly Native American Educational ProgramsSchooling and Colonization of the "Five Civilized Tribes"ConclusionNotesCHAPTER 2: Deculturalization and the Schooling of Native Americans
Citizenship in the New RepublicThomas L. McKenney: The Cultural Power of SchoolingThe Missionary EducatorsLanguage and Native American CulturesIndian Removal and Civilization ProgramsNative Americans: Reservations and Boarding SchoolsThe Meriam ReportConclusionNotesCHAPTER 3: Deculturalization, Transformation, and Segregation: African Americans
Atlantic CreolesSlavery and Cultural Change in the NorthFreedom in Northern StatesEducational SegregationBoston and the Struggle for Equal Educational OpportunityPlantation SocietyLearning to ReadCitizenship for African AmericansFourteenth Amendment: Citizenship and EducationThe Great Crusade for LiteracyResisting SegregationThe Second CrusadeConclusionNotesCHAPTER 4: Asian Americans: Exclusion and Segregation
CitizenshipEducation: From Coolie to Model Minority and GookEducating the "Coolie," "Deviant," and "Yellow Peril"ConclusionNotesCHAPTER 5: Hispanic/Latino Americans: Exclusion and Segregation
What's in a Name?Issues Regarding Mexican American CitizenshipIssues Regarding Puerto Rican CitizenshipMexican American Educational IssuesPuerto Rican American Educational IssuesMethods of Deculturalization and AmericanizationConclusionNotesCHAPTER 6: The Great Civil Rights Movement and the New Culture Wars
School DesegregationReverend Martin Luther King, Jr.Native AmericansIndian Education: A National TragedyAsian Americans: Educating the "Model Minority"Asian Americans: Language and the Continued Struggle for Equal Educational OpportunityHispanic/Latino AmericansBilingual Education: The Culture Wars ContinuedMulticultural Education, Immigration, and the Culture WarsThe Next Chapter in the Culture Wars: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001Conclusion: Human and Educational RightsNotes