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The Public
System
System
Got Me F'D Up!
The Public School System Got Me F’d Up!, unravels the challenges seen in many urban schools and addresses the solutions needed to improve students’, parents’, and teachers’ interactions and experiences with these institutions.
Despite all that is said about what’s wrong with urban public schools and how ineffective they are, especially toward minorities, some good happens in school buildings every day. Teachers continue to inspire, children learn, principals lead, unions represent and fight for better salaries and treatment of their peers, parents care for and nurture their children, and educators teach. Yet, there remains so much work to be done. Yes, we need a change in how public schools operate.
This book intends to inspire, rally, and foster the change so many desperately desire to move away from a model that did more damage than good. A system in many urban and rural spaces that needs disruption to implement equity, equality, inclusion, and democracy.
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Excerpt from the Book
It didn’t work—public schools teaching Black and Brown people. It was all about control. The system was designed to prepare minority people to conform to the capitalist system, get a job, and die in debt.
The model also needed to prepare students to work for themselves, empower their community, and enlighten each other on the truth of who they are. And it simply did not do that.
It worked by developing tests that supported the racial learning gap theory while ensuring instruction and the curriculum were taught from a white perspective or lens. The school system maintained inequity by shutting down struggling schools in Black and Latino communities and replacing Black and Brown educators with mass-produced white educators.
The system prides itself on attending school to get an education and a good-paying job. Yet, it barely appreciates the teachers who taught the people who became bankers, politicians, business leaders, and successful members of society.
Teacher Appreciation Week is not enough. If you truly value teachers, pay them what they deserve.
Sunni ALi
Associate Professor at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) Education Inquiry Curriculum Studies Department.
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