9789462091962-946209196X-Children's Human Rights and Public Schooling in the United States (Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action)

Children's Human Rights and Public Schooling in the United States (Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action)

ISBN-13: 9789462091962
ISBN-10: 946209196X
Author:
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Sense Publishers
Format: Hardcover 222 pages
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ISBN-13: 9789462091962
ISBN-10: 946209196X
Author:
Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Sense Publishers
Format: Hardcover 222 pages

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Children's Human Rights and Public Schooling in the United States (Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action) (ISBN-13: 9789462091962 and ISBN-10: 946209196X), written by authors , was published by Sense Publishers in 2013. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Children's Human Rights and Public Schooling in the United States (Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.54.

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The United States tends to portray itself as a human rights leader. However, human rights concerns are confronted everyday by people in this democracy, including children. The purpose of this volume is to bring attention to the fact that against the backdrop of neoliberal expansion, serious human rights violations are taking place among children everywhere, including in the US. The daily struggles among groups of school children in the US are specifically considered here, such as children who are sorted by race, homeless children, transient children, child refugees, children as targeted by human traffickers, and/or child migrant workers. As the economy continues to constrict, more and more young people find themselves struggling to grow up on these razor thin margins of survival. Given current economic arrangements, such margins are widening. The definition of "children's human rights" as understood in this analysis is taken directly from the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child [CRC]. Here emphasis is placed on ways in which the CRC could be used to serve more effectively the needs of the most vulnerable populations of school-age children in the US and elsewhere. Public schools could be the very place where children come to understand they have rights. Unfortunately, many children do not get this information. Instead the protections stated in the CRC and the realities of the lives of so many children are often worlds apart. This volume sets out to be a part of changing this.

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