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Tables of Contents for A Simple Justice
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Series Foreword
vii
William Ayers
Therese Quinn
Simple Justice: Thinking About Teaching and Learning, Equity, and the Fight for Small Schools
1
18
William Ayers
Response: Our Country Is Rich, Our People Are Poor: Education, Justice, and the Politics of Structural Adjustment
9
4
William H. Watkins
Response: A Gesture Toward Justice: Small Schools and the Promise of Equal Education
13
6
Sonia Nieto
PART I: Grounded Insights
19
72
Michael Klonsky
Remembering Port Huron
23
10
Michael Klonsky
The Crisis of Relationships
33
5
Deborah Meier
Who Leads Small Schools?: Teacher Leadership in the Midst of Democratic Governance
38
15
G. Alfred Hess, Jr.
John Dewey as a Philosophical Basis for Small Schools
53
14
William H. Schubert
Education for Activism: Mississippi's Freedom Schools in the 1960s
67
11
Charles M. Payne
Where Race and Class Are Not an Excuse: Reflections on Education in Barbados and the American Education Dilemma
78
5
Pedro Noguera
Art, with Algebra, Guards the Gate
83
8
Susan Klonsky
PART II: Portraits in Practice
91
46
Gabrielle H. Lyon
Social Justice and Small Schools: Why We Bother, Why It Matters
95
15
Rick Ayers
Practicing Social Justice in the High School Classroom
110
15
Deborah Stern
When Jamas Is Enough: Creating a School for a Community (A Conversation with Tamara Witzl)
125
12
Gabrielle H. Lyon
PART III: Landscapes and Lessons
137
52
William Ayers
Small Schools Are Not Miniature Large Schools: Potential Pitfalls and Implications for Leadership
139
20
Nancy Mohr
Life After Small Schools: The Met's Quest for Social Justice
159
9
Dennis Littky
Farrell Allen
A Small Price to Pay for Justice
168
12
Michelle Fine
Engaging the System
180
9
Gil Schmerler
About the Editors and Contributors
189
4
Index
193