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Reckoning With Racism in Family–School Partnerships

Centering Black Parents' School Engagement

Jennifer L. McCarthy Foubert

Publication Date: July 22, 2022

Pages: 112

Series: Multicultural Education Series

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Drawing from the lived experiences of Black parents as they engaged with their children’s K–12 schools, this book brings a critical race theory (CRT) analysis to family-school partnerships. The author examines persistent racism and white supremacy at school, Black parents’ resistance, and ways school communities can engage in more authentic partnerships with Black and Brown families. The children in this study attended schools with varying demographics and reputations. Their parents were engaged in these schools in the highly visible ways educators and policymakers traditionally say is important for children’s education, such as proactively communicating with teachers, helping with homework, and joining PTOs. The author argues that, because of the relentless anti-Black racism Black families experience in schools, educators must depart from race-evasive approaches and commit to more liberatory family-school partnerships.

Book Features:

  • Includes an introduction to CRT and explains how it informed this study.
  • Draws from Derrick Bell’s notion of racial realism to make sense of Black parent participants advocating for high-quality education in the context of persistent anti-Black racism.
  • Examines how Black parents resisted individualism and were, instead, committed to improving the education of all marginalized children.
  • Shows how white supremacy operated in shared school governance despite schools having inclusive practices.
  • Explores how anxiety and stress caused by the Trump presidency impacted parents’ school engagement.
  • Describes three ways any school community can develop family-school partnerships for collective educational justice.

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Jennifer L. McCarthy Foubert is an assistant professor of educational studies at Knox College, and a sociologist of education, critical race theorist, and teacher educator. Jennifer is a former Seattle Public Schools teacher and has worked in and with preservice and practicing teachers, and parents and families, for two decades across a variety of school community contexts.

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Books In This Series
Anti-Blackness at School
Anti-Blackness at School
Sustaining Disabled Youth
Sustaining Disabled Youth
The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning
The Civil Rights Road to Deeper Learning
Reckoning With Racism in Family–School Partnerships
Reckoning With Racism in Family–School Partnerships
Teaching Anti-Fascism
Teaching Anti-Fascism
Unsettling Settler-Colonial Education
Unsettling Settler-Colonial Education
Culturally and Socially Responsible Assessment
Culturally and Socially Responsible Assessment
LGBTQ Youth and Education
LGBTQ Youth and Education
Transforming Multicultural Education Policy and Practice
Transforming Multicultural Education Policy and Practice
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