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Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School - Hardcover

Martin, Courtney E.

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9780316428262: Learning in Public: Lessons for a Racially Divided America from My Daughter's School
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316428264 ISBN 13: 9780316428262
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2021

Synopsis

This "provocative and personally searching"memoir follows one mother's story of enrolling her daughter in a local public school (San Francisco Chronicle), and the surprising, necessary lessons she learned with her neighbors.

From the time Courtney E. Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public school down the street from her Oakland home. She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school. As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began.
 
Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney’s journey, but a whole country’s. Many of us are newly awakened to the continuing racial injustice all around us, but unsure of how to go beyond hashtags and yard signs to be a part of transforming the country. Courtney discovers that her public school, the foundation of our fragile democracy, is a powerful place to dig deeper.  
 
Courtney E. Martin examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other moms and dads as they navigate school choice. A vivid portrait of integration’s virtues and complexities, and yes, the palpable joy of trying to live differently in a country re-making itself. Learning in Public might also set your family’s life on a different course forever. 

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About the Author

Courtney E. Martin is a writer living with her family in a co-housing community in Oakland. She has a popular Substack newsletter, called Examined Family, and speaks widely at conferences and colleges through out the country. She is also the co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, FRESH Speakers Bureau, and the Bay Area chapter of Integrated Schools. Her happy place is asking people questions. Learning in Public is her fourth book.

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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0316428264
ISBN 13 
9780316428262
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
400
Rating
  • 4.23 out of 5 stars
    1,118 ratings by Goodreads