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Stacking the Deck

The Streaming of Working-Class Kids in Ontario Schools

by (author) Bruce Curtis, Harry Smaller & D.W. Livingstone

Publisher
James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers
Initial publish date
Jan 1992
Category
General, General, Guidance & Orientation
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780921908111
    Publish Date
    Jan 1992
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

The authors of this study maintain that programs that sort students into academic and vocational "streams" abuse working-class children, especially those from poor families.
These three experienced educators offer an Ontario-based case study of the results of streaming in classrooms on the children of working-class parents. Their conclusions -- backed by a detailed analysis of the impact of streaming -- suggest the need for change in order to ensure that quality education is available to all students.
Stacking the Deck explores the subtle and not-so-subtle ways that students are streamed, and suggests practical steps to make schools more democratic.
An Our Schools/Our Selves book.

About the authors

BRUCE CURTIS is Professor of Sociology at Carleton University.

Bruce Curtis' profile page

HARRY SMALLER has been an inner-city teacher in Toronto for many years and now teaches at York University.

Harry Smaller's profile page

D.W. Livingstone's profile page