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Who Cares for our Children?

The Child Care Crisis in the Other America

By: Valerie Polakow

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Who Cares for our Children?

The Child Care Crisis in the Other America

By: Valerie Polakow

Valerie Polakow spent a year traveling around the country listening to low-income women from diverse backgrounds tell their stories of struggle, resilience, distress, and occasional success as they encountered ongoing child care crises. The resulting work is both a compelling account of the lived realities of the child care crisis, and an incisive critique of public policy that points to the United States as an outlier in the international community. Drawing on historical and international perspectives, Polakow creates a groundbreaking analysis of child care as a human right, persuasively arguing for a universal child care system. “Who Cares for Our Children? is one of the most disturbing books I have read in a long time. It should have a major impact on debates over poverty and social policy.” —From the Foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed “In this beautifully written and provocative volume, Polakow deftly steps aside and lets real mothers, struggling against the odds to keep their families safe and sound, speak for themselves about what they need. This book delivers a timely message: Child care should be viewed as a human right.” —Martha F. Davis, Northeastern University School of Law “A collection of moving and often chilling personal narratives. . . . Who Cares for Our Children? is a powerful and well-documented analysis of the worlds of low-income families.” —Beth Blue Swadener, Arizona State University “Thoroughly researched and grounded in a heartfelt sympathy for the struggles of families . . . that face such painful choices and dilemmas in meeting the needs of their children.” —James Garbarino, Loyola University Chicago

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0807775924

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Who Cares for our Children?

The Child Care Crisis in the Other America

By: Valerie Polakow

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The Child Care Crisis in the Other America

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Lives on the Edge

Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America

By: Valerie Polakow

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Lives on the Edge

Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America

By: Valerie Polakow

Lives on the Edge offers a penetrating, deeply disturbing look into the other America inhabited by single mothers and their children. Its powerful and moving portraits force us to confront the poverty, destitution, and struggle for survival that await single mothers in one of the richest nations in the world. One in five children and one in two single mothers live in destitution today. The feminization and "infantilization" of poverty have made the United States one of the most dangerous democracies for poor mothers and their children to inhabit. Why then, Valerie Polakow asks, is poverty seen as a private affair - "their problem, not ours" - and how can public policy fail to take responsibility for the consequences of our politics of distribution? Searching for an answer, Polakow considers the historical and ideological sources for society's attitudes toward single mothers and their children, and shows how our dominant images of "normal" families and motherhood have shaped our perceptions, practices, and public policies. Polakow's account traces the historical legacy of discrimination against the "dangerous classes" and the "undeserving poor" - a legacy that culminates in the current public hostility towards welfare recipients. Polakow moves beyond the cold voice of statistics to take us into the daily lives of single mothers and their children. The stories of young black teenage mothers, of white single mothers, of homeless mothers are presented with clarity and quiet power. In a detailed look inside the classroom worlds of their children, Polakow explores what life is like if one is very young and poor, and consigned to otherness in the landscape of school. School is a place thatmatters - it is also a place where children are defined as "at risk" or "at promise". Polakow's astute analysis of poor children's pedagogy provides a critical challenge to educators. Written by an educator and committed child advocate, Lives on the Edge draws on social, historical, feminist, and public policy perspectives to develop an informed, wide-ranging critique of American educational and social policy. Polakow's recommendations in the areas of social policy and education point to useful cross-cultural models as well as successful small-scale programs in place in the United States. Yet Polakow constantly reminds us that "small facts speak to large issues". By providing us with a living sense of the other America, she helps us to realize that "their" America is no "other" than ours. Stark, penetrating, and unflinching, this work challenges our cherished myths of justice and democracy.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226671844

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9780226671840

Diminished rights

Danish lone mother families in international context

By: Polakow, Valerie,Halskov, Therese

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Diminished rights

Danish lone mother families in international context

By: Polakow, Valerie,Halskov, Therese

Denmark is one of the most progressive countries in terms of family support policies. This book, however, reveals a backdrop of diminished rights, inequalities and family violence in the lives of vulnerable lone mothers. If this is the case in Denmark, what is the situation in other countries, including the USA, the UK and other EU member states? Diminished rights is a unique qualitative study that documents the daily lives of vulnerable lone mothers and their children in Denmark. Loss of rights, gender and ethnic inequality, and family violence all emerge as key themes, with far-reaching international implications. The book: · presents vivid case stories to illuminate the voices and experiences of the women involved in the study; · identifies lone mothers as part of an emerging post-modern underclass in Denmark; · highlights the disturbing prevalence of domestic violence that pervades many lone mothers' lives; · raises questions around legal and child custody rights and the lack of redress in a patriarchal justice system. Policy and practice recommendations are made with wide-ranging applications for an international audience of policy makers, practitioners and academics.

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205

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Policy Press

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1847425305

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9781847425300

Mindful Inquiry in Social Research

By: Valerie Malhotra Bentz,Jeremy J. Shapiro

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Mindful Inquiry in Social Research

By: Valerie Malhotra Bentz,Jeremy J. Shapiro

This innovative introduction to research in the social sciences guides students and new researchers through the maze of research traditions, cultures of inquiry and epistemological frameworks. It introduces the underlying logic of ten cultures of inquiry: ethnography; quantitative behavioral science; phenomenology; action research; hermeneutics; evaluation research; feminist research; critical social science; historical-comparative research; and theoretical research. It clarifies conceptual and intellectual traditions in research, and puts researchers firmly in the investigative saddle - able to choose, justify, and explain the intellectual framework and personal rationale of their research.

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SAGE Publications

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1452251150

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9781452251158

"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers

By: Valerie J. Janesick

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"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers

By: Valerie J. Janesick

In the new Fourth Edition of her inventive, one-of-a-kind book, “Stretching” Exercises for Qualitative Researchers, author Valerie J. Janesick uses dance, yoga, and meditation metaphors to help researchers tap into the intuitive and creative side of their research. In every chapter, “stretching” exercises help readers develop, practice, and hone fieldwork skills and vital habits of mind such as observation, interviewing, writing, creativity, technology, and analysis. While reading the book and working through the exercises, readers can complete a researcher’s reflective journal—an invaluable tool that will remain useful throughout their careers.

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1506316271

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9781506316277

Where Is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities

By: Valerie Kinloch,Emily A. Nemeth,Tamara T. Butler,Grace D. Player

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Where Is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities

By: Valerie Kinloch,Emily A. Nemeth,Tamara T. Butler,Grace D. Player

This inspirational book is about engaged pedagogies, an approach to teaching and learning that centers dialogue, listening, equity, and connection among stakeholders who understand the human and ecological cost of inequality. The authors share their story of working with students, teachers, teacher educators, families, community members, and union leaders to create transformative practices within and beyond public school classrooms. This collaborative work occurred within various spaces—inside school buildings, libraries, churches, community gardens, nonprofit organizations, etc.—and afforded opportunities to grapple with engaged pedagogies in times of political crisis. Featuring descriptions from a district-wide initiative, this book offers practical and theoretical resources for educators wanting to center justice in their work with students. Through question-posing, color images, empirical observations, and use of scholarly and practitioner-driven literature, readers will learn how to use these resources to reconfigure schools and classrooms as sites of engagement for equity, justice, and love. Book Features: Provides a sound approach to deeply taking up the work of justice and engaged pedagogies.Presents linguistic, cultural, theoretical, and practical ideas that can be used and implemented immediately. Includes reflective questions, found poetry, lesson ideas, storytelling as narrative, and examples of engaged pedagogies. Shares stories from a district-wide initiative that embedded engaged pedagogies within classrooms, counseling offices, and libraries.Showcases original artwork and images in full color by Grace D. Player, one of the coauthors.

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240

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Teachers College Press

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080777989X

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9780807779897

Crossing Boundaries—Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth

By: Valerie Kinloch

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Crossing Boundaries—Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth

By: Valerie Kinloch

“This is a book of stories told by adolescents and adults about teaching and learning. . . . Puzzlement, wonder, curiosity, disruption, and distress mark the emotions of all the storytellers here.” —From the Foreword by Shirley Brice Heath, Stanford University “Crossing Boundaries is a must-read for anyone interested in improving the academic achievements and enhancing the literacy practices of marginalized students.” —Beverly Moss, The Ohio State University “This book will shake the ‘common’ and reshape the ‘knowledge’ we have about the passion and potential of students in urban schools.” —JoBeth Allen, University of Georgia In her new book, Valerie Kinloch, award-winning author of Harlem on Our Minds, sheds light on the ways urban youth engage in “meaning-making” experiences as a way to assert critical, creative, and highly sophisticated perspectives on teaching, learning, and survival. Kinloch rejects deficit models that have traditionally defined the literacy abilities of students of color, especially African American and Latino/a youth. In contrast, she “crosses boundaries” to listen to the voices of students attending high school in New York City’s Harlem community. In Crossing Boundaries, Kinloch uses a critical teacher-researcher lens to propose new directions for youth literacies and achievements. The text features examples of classroom engagements, student writings and presentations, discussions of texts and current events, and conversations on skills, process, achievement, and underachievement. Valerie Kinloch is associate professor in literacy studies in the School of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University. Her other books are Harlem on Our Minds: Place, Race, and the Literacies of Urban Youth and Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community. All royalties go to the Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color grant and mentoring program sponsored through the National Council of Teachers of English

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0807771651

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Lives on the Edge

Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America

By: Valerie Polakow

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Single Mothers and Their Children in the Other America

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The Public Assault on America's Children

Poverty, Violence, and Juvenile Injustice

By: Valerie Polakow

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The Public Assault on America's Children

Poverty, Violence, and Juvenile Injustice

By: Valerie Polakow

Does our society care about its children? This provocative and in-depth examination of violence in the lives of children uncovers the conditions and social policies that perpetuate violence. In addition, this volume forces us to look at other forms of violence confronting children in families, neighborhoods, and schools: ? The violence of poverty and homelessness ? The violence of environmentally induced childhood diseases ? The media and legislative "criminalization" of children and ? The increasing trend towards incarceration of youthful offenders. The pre-eminent contributors to this volume examine these issues from both historical and contemporary public policy perspectives. They address the myths and realities of youth violence and the impact of poverty, race, and gender. Prevailing ideas about punishment and retribution, the role of the state in terms of private or public responsibility, and the developmental needs of the child are all themes that frame the multiple advocacy perspectives presented by these cogent essays.

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Teachers College Press

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0807739839

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9780807739839

The Erosion of Childhood

By: Valerie Polakow

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The Erosion of Childhood

By: Valerie Polakow

How can child care be structured to protect both the interests of children and the rights of women? Must children suffer the "loss" of their childhood through institutional care? Polakow uses her observations of pre-school centers-including profit-run, federally funded, community, and Montessori institutions-to open the "windows of daycare.

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Chicago : University of Chicago Press

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0226780066

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9780226780061

Diminished Rights

Danish Lone Mother Families in International Context

By: Polakow, Valerie,Halskov, Therese,Per Schultz Jørgensen

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Diminished Rights

Danish Lone Mother Families in International Context

By: Polakow, Valerie,Halskov, Therese,Per Schultz Jørgensen

This study documents the daily lives of vunerable lone mothers and their children in Denmark. Loss of rights, gender and ethnic inequality, and family violence all emerge as key themes, with far-reaching international implications. The book presents case stories and questions the legal issues.

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Policy Press

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1861342772

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Book's by Valerie Polakow

Who Cares for our Children?

Who Cares for our Children?

Who Cares for our Children?

Who Cares for our Children?

Lives on the Edge

Lives on the Edge

Diminished rights

Diminished rights

Mindful Inquiry in Social Research

Mindful Inquiry in Social Research

"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers

"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers

Where Is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities

Where Is the Justice? Engaged Pedagogies in Schools and Communities

Crossing Boundaries—Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth

Crossing Boundaries—Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth

Lives on the Edge

Lives on the Edge

The Public Assault on America's Children

The Public Assault on America's Children

The Erosion of Childhood

The Erosion of Childhood

Diminished Rights

Diminished Rights

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