A Rising TIDE: Action and Reflection on Teaching in Diverse Environments
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Combating the Symbolic Violence In US Education
Federal Policy and the SMCM MAT
Katy Arnett, Angela Johnson, Lin Muilenburg, and Lois Stover
Abstract:
A decent education is a basic human right. The provision of free, compulsory education in the US attests to a national commitment to this right. However, the current school system is plagued by inequities, including spending less money on schools serving predominantly poor and non-White populations, subjecting students of color to harsher punishments, putting non-White students in special education tracks at higher rates, and neglecting students who are not fluent in English. These inequities are taken for granted within the school system, making the inevitable outcome, achievement gaps between White and non-White students, seem natural and inevitable. Bourdieu calls this process of making arbitrary differences seem natural "symbolic violence." Two recent federal interventions, No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, have the potential to provide tools for combating this symbolic violence. However, each is designed around flawed premises which inhibit that potential, which we explore in the context of teacher education.
Download "Combating the Symbolic Violence In US Education" - paper (PDF 163KB)
Currently under review at the Journal of Peace and Justice Studies, http://www.peacejusticestudies.org
Faculty seminar powerpoint, 20 September 2010 (PDF 147KB)
An overview of No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, and Teach for America (PDF 61K)
