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The Urban Review

, Volume 50, Issue 5, pp 735–756 | Cite as

Liberatory Public Education: A Framework for Centering Community and Democracy in Public Education

  • Antwan Jefferson
  • Cindy Gutierrez
  • Lisa Silverstein
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Abstract

In this conceptual article, the authors argue that diversity is an invitation to educators, youth, families, and community members to work together—a goal accomplished only by centering the local community rather than the local school—to educate youth and create a more just society. Based upon liberatory and emancipatory education, liberatory public education, an intersectional conceptual framework, brings together recent and current justice-oriented scholarship focused on youth development, curriculum and pedagogy, schooling, and community liberation, making a parallel case for justice-oriented family engagement in public schooling. The authors conclude with implications for teacher education, education policy, and family engagement scholarship.

Keywords

Liberatory education Famiy and community engagement Education justice Community-based education 
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