The Contradictory Politics of Newark School Privatization
Public schools in cities across the U.S., cities like Newark, New Jersey, have been the targets of privatization campaigns over the last two decades. Sociologist John Arena asks why rising star and Mayor Cory Booker was unsuccessful at forcing through corporate school reform in Newark, while his rival and successor Mayor Ras Baraka \u2014 the one time leader of a grassroots movement for local control of schools \u2014 brought charters in.\nResources:\nJohn Arena, Expelling Public Schools: How Antiracist Politics Enable School Privatization in Newark University of Minnesota Press, 2023 \nThe post The Contradictory Politics of Newark School Privatization appeared first on KPFA.