A Brief History of Public Education and Its Impact on Marginalized Populations

2021 ◽  
pp. 55-63
Author(s):  
Timmesha A. Butler ◽  
Shelbie Dixon-Brown ◽  
Rena′ Glass-Dixon ◽  
Jennifer McLaurin
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Public Education ◽  
School System ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Marginalized Populations ◽  
New School ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The U.S

The purpose of this chapter is to provide new school social workers with an understanding of the inequality that is rooted in public education and how it relates to their professional practices. An overview of the history of the U.S. public school system and the history of school social work is provided, focusing on the public school system’s role in the academic achievement gaps that continue to exist between marginalized populations and their peers. The school social worker’s roles as advocate and connector, facilitator, and clinician are outlined. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory, and strengths-based practice theories are discussed. Evidence-based strategies and resources that can be used to address the needs of marginalized populations are explained.

Working in a School Setting

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Patrick Mulkern ◽  
Cindy Reide Combs ◽  
Jacqueline Cordova-Rodriguez ◽  
Susan Stone
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Public School ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
School Social Workers ◽  
New School ◽  
The Public ◽  
Key Concepts

The introductory chapter sets the stage for understanding the roles, responsibilities, and all other relevant information necessary for the success of school social workers within the public school setting. The chapter begins with a review of the key concepts related to the practice of school social work. It also discusses enduring practice tensions, policy domains that influence practice, seven domains of knowledge, values, and skills relevant to the success of new school social workers. The roles of school social workers and the factors that shape these roles are examined. Finally, the chapter discusses the importance and use of student and school assessments.

scholarly journals Impacts of Community Characteristics on the Attributes of Public Education

1977 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
David L. Debertin
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School System ◽  
Educational Service ◽  
Community Characteristics ◽  
The Public ◽  
Combined Impact

A public school student is a product of combined influences of the home and his peers, as well as the school. Similarly, the school system within a community represents the combined impact of influence of taxpayers, teachers and administrators. Local elementary and secondary schools cannot operate independently of desires and wishes of residents in the community. This study presents an analysis of linkages between community characteristics and educational service provided by the public school.

“We Charge Genocide”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Horne
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
School System ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Voting Rights ◽  
International Community ◽  
Public School System ◽  
The Public ◽  
The U.S

This chapter explores Patterson's genocide petition, which was a devastating indictment of the U.S. authorities' complicity and dereliction in lynching, murder, deprivation of voting rights, and all manner of crimes. Ominously for Washington, the petition virtually invited the international community to intervene forcefully in what had been seen traditionally as an internal U.S. affair. By early 1952, Patterson claimed that as a result of this petition, “the international offensive against racist terror” in his homeland had “reached unprecedented heights.” When Eleanor Roosevelt felt compelled to disparage the petition, it suggested that the campaign could not be ignored easily. Even in Seattle, which had been thought to be a liberal citadel, the public library banned the genocide book, while the public-school system sought to bar the CRC from renting an auditorium.

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