The Right to Remain Skeptical: Educational Activism in Newark, 1945-1995

• In Event: Roundtable Session 101
  In Roundtable Session: Citizenship Education, Policy, and Political Change in Canada and the United States

Abstract

This paper explores the history of Newark's Central High School from 1967 until 1973 with special attention to the larger political contestations and economic conditions. This paper seeks to answer: What were the demands of educational activists and reformers and how did they change during these years? And, finally, was Central High School changed by Newark’s political and organizational turmoil? I propose to use history and organizational theory to help us understand how Newark’s Central High School was structured and constrained by its institutional field and political context.

Author

• Maia Merin, New York University