Education, civic empowerment, and race: commentary on Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind

Hoskins, Zachary

Abstract

Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind is a thoughtful, accessible, philosophically rich look at civic education in U.S. schools. The book’s central claims are, on the whole, quite persuasive. In the interests of fostering further discussion, this essay raises some questions about the book’s accounts of racial microaggressions in schools, the extent of authenticity in student experiences, and the practice of code-switching.

Citation

Hoskins, Z. (2015). Education, civic empowerment, and race: commentary on Meira Levinson’s No Citizen Left Behind. Social Philosophy Today, 31, https://doi.org/10.5840/socphiltoday201551815

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Apr 11, 2016
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 11, 2016
• Journal: Social Philosophy Today
• Print ISSN: 1543-4044
• Electronic ISSN: 2153-9448
• Publisher: Philosophy Documentation Center
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 31
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5840/socphiltoday201551815
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/988469
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