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Race to Equity is a dazzling, detailed view from the inside of the experiments, successes, and mistakes in the Toronto Board of Education's quest to provide truly equitable education for a diverse student body.
For almost three decades McCaskell and his colleagues fought to reshape the system. Their attempts to deliver anti-racism, anti-sexism, and anti-homophobia education garnered national and international attention.
McCaskell's astute blend of personal reflection and political theory illuminates a time of significant social struggle, cultural transformation, and deep learning. Drawing on a number of sources-his own memories, interviews with key participants, Board minutes, academic theory on different aspects of the work, and the wealth of documents produced along the way-McCaskell traces narrative threads through the "booming buzzing confusion" of institutional and social transformation. The result is a magical blend of personal reflections and political theory. A longtime equity activist shares his experiences in the struggle to reshape Toronto''s education system in delivering anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic education
What a journey Tim has been on, and what a legacy he and his colleagues have built! Thousands of young people have been touched and transformed by the programs he helped create, and the ripple effect for those concerned about equality and social justice boggles the mind.
McCaskell's passionate stories give us strength to pursue the dream of an educational system founded on equality and the celebration of diversity, insights about how it can be realized, and faith in the possibilities of collective action.
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Back Story
• Chapter 2: Beginnings
• Chapter 3: Utopia
• Chapter 4: Beachhead
• Chapter 5: Taking on the System
• Chapter 6: Backlash and Response
• Chapter 7: Power, Pedagogy, Curriculum
• Chapter 8: Great Leaps Forward
• Chapter 9: Equity and Identity
• Chapter 10: A Single Spark
• Chapter 11: Re-Evaluations
• Chapter 12: War of Attrition
• Chapter 13: The Good Fight
• Chapter 14: Under Siege
• Chapter 15: Blueprints for an Invisible Future
• Chapter 16: Thermopylae
• Chapter 17: Aboard the Titanic
• Notes
• Index
For almost three decades McCaskell and his colleagues fought to reshape the system. Their attempts to deliver anti-racism, anti-sexism, and anti-homophobia education garnered national and international attention.
McCaskell's astute blend of personal reflection and political theory illuminates a time of significant social struggle, cultural transformation, and deep learning. Drawing on a number of sources-his own memories, interviews with key participants, Board minutes, academic theory on different aspects of the work, and the wealth of documents produced along the way-McCaskell traces narrative threads through the "booming buzzing confusion" of institutional and social transformation. The result is a magical blend of personal reflections and political theory. A longtime equity activist shares his experiences in the struggle to reshape Toronto''s education system in delivering anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti-homophobic education
What a journey Tim has been on, and what a legacy he and his colleagues have built! Thousands of young people have been touched and transformed by the programs he helped create, and the ripple effect for those concerned about equality and social justice boggles the mind.
McCaskell's passionate stories give us strength to pursue the dream of an educational system founded on equality and the celebration of diversity, insights about how it can be realized, and faith in the possibilities of collective action.
• Preface
• Chapter 1: Back Story
• Chapter 2: Beginnings
• Chapter 3: Utopia
• Chapter 4: Beachhead
• Chapter 5: Taking on the System
• Chapter 6: Backlash and Response
• Chapter 7: Power, Pedagogy, Curriculum
• Chapter 8: Great Leaps Forward
• Chapter 9: Equity and Identity
• Chapter 10: A Single Spark
• Chapter 11: Re-Evaluations
• Chapter 12: War of Attrition
• Chapter 13: The Good Fight
• Chapter 14: Under Siege
• Chapter 15: Blueprints for an Invisible Future
• Chapter 16: Thermopylae
• Chapter 17: Aboard the Titanic
• Notes
• Index