Education Reform and Gentrification in the Age of #CamdenRising
Public Education and Urban Redevelopment in Camden, NJ
Summary
This book will center current and future resident viewpoints on living in a city whose leadership employs neoliberal tactics in redevelopment and in rebranding public education. Participants in this work reported feelings of political alienation pertaining to participation in redevelopment and public education decision-making. Further, participants also believe such recent efforts for change in Camden are intended to benefit a targeted, potentially gentrifying, population and not the majority low-income minorities who currently reside there.
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Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author(s)/editor(s)
- About the book
- Advance Praise for Education Reform and Gentrification in the Age of #CamdenRising
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction
- Research Questions
- The Significance of Education Reform and Gentrification in the Age of #CamdenRising: Public Education and Urban Redevelopment in Camden, NJ
- Understanding Education Reform and Gentrification in the Age of #CamdenRising’s Theoretical Grounds
- How to Read Education Reform and Gentrification in the Age of #CamdenRising: Public Education and Urban Redevelopment in Camden, NJ
- Notes
- References
- Chapter One: Postindustrial Urban Ecology
- Neoliberalism in Urban Redevelopment
- Neoliberal Urban Planning
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Two: Public Education in Low-Income Urban America
- Urban School Reform Agenda
- Urban School Reform and Urban Place-Making
- Urban School Choice
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Three: The Camden Context
- Contemporary Revitalization in Camden, NJ
- Camden Public Safety
- Redevelopment Efforts in Camden
- Camden Education and the Emergence of Renaissance Schools
- George Norcross III and the NJ Urban Hope Act of 2012
- The Arrival of Paymon Rouhanifard
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Four: Suspicion and Skepticism
- Participants
- Camden County Council on Economic Opportunity, Inc. (Camden County OEO)
- United Neighbors of Whitman Park (UNWP)
- Respond, Inc.
- Centerville Simbas Youth Football
- The Supper Club
- Suspicion and Skepticism
- Discussion of Skepticism and Suspicion
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Five: “Change Is Happening But Not For Us”
- Changes in Public Safety
- Arrival of New Corporations in Camden
- Changes in Camden Education
- Discussion of “Change Is Happening Here, But It’s Ain’t for Us”
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Six: The Influence of Outsiders and George Norcross
- Discussion of the Influence of Outsiders and George Norcross
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Seven: Participants’ Views of Public Schools and School Choice in Camden
- Current Residents’ Perceptions of Camden Public Schools Based on Past Experiences and Hearsay
- Prospective Residents’ Perceptions of Camden Schools
- Camden Parents Exercising Their Choice Options
- Discussion of Public Schools and School Choice in Camden
- Notes
- References
- Chapter Eight: It’s All Connected … for the Benefit of Others
- Current Camden Residents’ Views on Whether Renaissance Schools Are Part of a Larger Redevelopment Plan or Specifically About Education
- Prospective Residents’ Views on Whether Renaissance Schools Are Part of a Larger Redevelopment Plan, or Solely to Improve Education in Camden
- Discussion of It’s All Connected
- Chapter Nine: Overview of Study, Implications, Conclusion
- Overview of the Study
- Implications
- Limitations of the Current Study
- Conclusion
- Note
- Reference
- Epilogue
- Notes
- References
- Appendix
- Appendix A: Neighborhood Questionnaire
- Introduction
- Appendix B: Focus Group Protocol
- Appendix C: Individual Interview Protocol
- Appendix D: Participant Matrix
- Appendix E: Corporations Relocating to Camden Receiving NJEDA Funds (Adomaitis, 2015)
- Index
Figure 4.1. University District, Cooper St. facing Camden Waterfront. Photograph by Keith Benson.
Figure 4.2. View down Cooper St. from a Waterfront parking lot. The building to the left is the former CCSD Administration building, which was purchased in 2018 for $5.5 million dollars by Millennium Partners; the buildings in the center are the Radio Lofts owned by Carl Dranoff Developers; the buildings to the right are the Victor Lofts. All are slated for future occupancy in the Cooper Grant/Victor Building Neighborhood. Photograph by Keith Benson.
Figure 4.3. Brand-new Philadelphia 76ers Training Facility along Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Camden. Photograph by Keith Benson.
Figure 4.4. Philadelphia 76ers Training Facility along Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd. in Camden. Photograph by Keith Benson.
Figure 4.5. KIPP Cooper Norcross Academy at Lanning Square on Broadway. The state’s first renaissance school, KCNA was initially supposed to be a reconstructed traditional public ← ix | x → school, Lanning Square Elementary. The school was condemned in 2011, and the land was turned over to KCNA after Gov. Christie refused to use School Development Authority funds to rebuild Lanning Square. Directly across the street from KCNA is the Cooper Rowan University Medical School. Photograph by Keith Benson.
Figure 4.6. Mastery Charter School—Cramer Hill at the corners of N. 17th St. and River Rd. in Cramer Hill. Photograph by Keith Benson.69
Figure 4.7. Ray and Joan Kroc Center on Harrison Ave. in Cramer Hill; President Barack Obama gave a speech here in Spring 2015 celebrating the new Camden County Police Department and celebrating a Camden “renaissance.” Photograph by Keith Benson.
Figure 4.8. Future site of Mastery Charter High School in North Camden at Pyne Poynt School. Pyne Poynt Middle School was turned over to Mastery Charter in 2014 by then CCSD superintendent Paymon Rouhanifard. The Mastery Charter High School in North Camden is set to open in the Fall of 2018. Photograph by Keith Benson.
Figure 4.9. Future site of Mastery Charter High School in North Camden at Pyne Poynt School. Photograph by Keith Benson.
Details
- Pages
- XL, 200
- Publication Year
- 2019
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9781433159886
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9781433159893
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9781433159909
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433160714
- DOI
- 10.3726/b14572
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2018 (December)
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Oxford, Wien, 2019. XL, 200 pp., 18. b/w ill., 2 tables
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- Peter Lang Group AG
