Sum it up: A sociological approach to urban mathematics education
Abstract
A regime is a public-private partnership designed to produce a specific goal. Federal lawmakers and policy elites, local municipality leaders, and private sector actors, such as real estate brokers, churches, financial institutions, and neighborhood associations, collaborated to restrict African American families’ access to quality neighborhoods. Geographic factors within neighborhoods and communities influence the relational, organizational, and collective actions impacting the social formation of opportunity and access in mathematics education. The negative relationship between percentage of minority enrollment in a school district and mathematics attainment found in urban communities warrants attention in theory development. The role of the accountability system in the socialization of students in urban schools represents another element of schooling that should be considered in a sociology of urban mathematics (SUM) education. In addition to the socialization of students, a SUM perspective would also consider the socialization of teachers.
Publication Title
Handbook of Urban Education
Recommended Citation
Tate, W., Anderson, C., & Tate, D. (2021). Sum it up: A sociological approach to urban mathematics education. Handbook of Urban Education, 369-383. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429331435-27
