This book offers an uncompromising and rigorous analysis of education and human rights by examining issues related to gender, race, sexuality, disability, and social class. Written as a companion to the very successful U.K. version, this volume reflects the economic, political, social, and cultural changes in educational and political policy and practice in the United States. Offering a comprehensive look at these areas, this book is an essential resource across a wide range of disciplines and for all those interested in education, social policy, and equality.

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Equality, Education, and Human Rights in the United States
Issues of Gender, Race, Sexuality, Disability, and Social Class
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Equality, Education, and Human Rights in the United States
Issues of Gender, Race, Sexuality, Disability, and Social Class
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Education GeneralTable of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1. Feminism and Socialism: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
- 2. Gender and Education: The Revolutionary “Force and Reason” of Women
- 3. U. S. History Breathes and Bleeds Racism
- 4. Racism and Education: The Struggle to Achieve Democratic Aims Inclusively in Public Schooling
- 5. The Making of Sexuality in the United States: Normativity, Heteropatriarchy, and Resisting the “Euphoria” of Androcentric Logic
- 6. Toward a Marxian Understanding of Sex Education Policy and Curriculum in the United States
- 7. Disability Matters: A Materialist History of Disability under U.S. Settler-Capitalism
- 8. Disabling Learning Conditions: Ability-Segregated Education and the Creation of Disability
- 9. Marx and the Marxist Alternative to Neoliberal Capitalism: The Case for a Fully Inclusive Ecosocialism for Today
- 10. The Hidden Cost of Class Disavowal and the Case for a New Education System: Social Class and Education in the U.S.
- List of Contributors
- Index
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