TY - BOOK ID - 78645836 TI - Responding to the call for educational justice AU - Fenzel, L Mickey AU - Wyttenbach, Melodie PY - 2019 SN - 1641134313 9781641134316 9781641134309 9781641134293 1641134305 PB - Charlotte, NC DB - UniCat KW - Education, Urban KW - Catholic Church KW - Educational equalization. KW - Educational equality KW - Educational equity KW - Educational inequality KW - Equal education KW - Equal educational opportunity KW - Equality of education KW - Equalization, Educational KW - Equity, Educational KW - Inequality, Educational KW - Opportunity, Equal educational KW - Education KW - Affirmative action programs in education KW - Inner city education KW - Urban education KW - Cities and towns KW - Urban policy KW - Social aspects. KW - Education. KW - Aims and objectives KW - NativityMiguel Network of Schools. KW - Lasallian Association of Miguel Schools KW - Nativity Schools KW - NMNS UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78645836 AB - "The work presented in this volume attests to the innovative and successful educational alternatives designed and implemented by Catholic religious groups to improve educational, career, and life outcomes for urban children, adolescents, and adults placed at risk. These efforts have helped thousands of urban citizens break away from the chains of poverty and poor academic preparation to succeed in high school and beyond and secure a place of meaning and influence in adult society. In this volume, we examine the contributions of networks of schools, such as NativityMiguel and Cristo Rey schools in the U.S. and Canada and Fe y Alegría based in South America and operating in multiple countries, as well as more local initiatives. There is much to be learned from these initiatives that can improve urban education and this edited volume provides this opportunity to educators, planners, funders, and others who are inclined to invest in effective urban education. The perspectives taken in these chapters include current approaches to critical race theory, faith perspectives that promote justice, and the building of social capital and resilience to succeed academically despite considerable adversity associated with economic poverty. The chapters included here explore educational structures that communicate high expectations for student and teacher performance and provide individualized instruction, caring mentoring, and support beyond graduation in order to help develop men and women of confidence, skill, leadership, and integrity and ensure high levels of success in a world that tends to exclude them more than welcome them"-- ER -