No Citizen Left Behind

Meira Levinson

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$24.00 • £19.95 • €21.50

ISBN 9780674284241

Publication Date: 04/07/2014

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400 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

1 line illustration, 4 tables

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Prologue: Kurt Cobain versus Master P
1. The Civic Empowerment Gap
2. “At School I Talk Straight”: Race Talk and Civic Empowerment
3. “You Have the Right to Struggle”: Constructing Historical Counternarrative
4. Rethinking Heroes and Role Models
5. How to Soar in a World You’ve Never Seen: Making Citizenship Visible in Schools
6. The Case for Action Civics
7. Democracy, Accountability, and Education
Epilogue: Standing Up, Talking Back
Notes
References
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

2014 NASSP Book Award, North American Society for Social Philosophy

2013 AESA Critics’ Choice Award, American Educational Studies Association

2013 Michael Harrington Book Award, New Political Science Section of the American Political Science Association

2013 Exemplary Research in Social Studies Award, National Council for the Social Studies

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