Golann shows us why we must question the ways in which charter schools have been highjacked by a neoliberal agenda designed to mechanize aspects of human experience. "Beautifully written, Scripting the Moves demonstrates how a no-excuses movement advances practices that attempt to control the minds and bodies of young people, their families, and communities. Filled with important and fascinating data, Scripting the Moves evaluates the costs for teachers and students."-Jennifer L. "In this ethnographic study of a no-excuses charter school, Golann argues that actors at multiple levels of education policy have shifted from a logic of confidence to a logic of control. Highly recommended!"-Annette Lareau, author of Unequal Childhoods Beautifully written, with a valuable argument, compelling details, and critical data, this is an innovative and thought-provoking book. The analysis is illuminating, and the educators’ micromanagement of the students is, at times, shocking. " Scripting the Moves sheds light on how no-excuses schools use scripts demanding behavioral compliance rather than tools that might help students navigate complex social institutions. Worth reading." -Jay Mathews, Washington Post "One of the deepest accounts of life in a demanding public charter school I have ever read. Why are no-excuses schools moving beyond no excuses? I spent a year and a half at a ‘no-excuses’ charter school – this is what I saw Illuminating and accessible, Scripting the Moves delves into the troubling realities behind current education reform and reenvisions what it takes to prepare students for long-term success. Contrasting scripts with tools, Golann raises essential questions about what constitutes cultural capital-and how this capital might be effectively taught. What emerges is a complicated story of the benefits of scripts, but also their limitations, in cultivating the tools students need to navigate college and other complex social institutions-tools such as flexibility, initiative, and ease with adults. She shows why scripts were adopted, what purposes they serve, and where they fall short. Golann presents a fascinating, sometimes painful, account of how no-excuses schools use scripts to regulate students and teachers. Despite good intentions, scripts constrain the development of important interactional skills and reproduce some of the very inequities they mean to disrupt. Through interviews with students, teachers, administrators, and parents, and analysis of documents and data, Joanne Golann reveals that such schools actually dictate too rigid a level of social control for both teachers and their predominantly low-income Black and Latino students. But what do these “scripts” accomplish? Immersing readers inside a “no-excuses” charter school, Scripting the Moves offers a telling window into an expanding model of urban education reform. Walk into some of the most acclaimed urban schools today and you will find similar recipes of behavior, designed to support student achievement. Rules for how to dress, how to applaud, how to complete homework.
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