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Community Organizing for Stronger Schools : Strategies and Successes by Sara McAlister, Seema Shah and Kavitha Mediratta (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarvard Education Press

ISBN-101934742341

ISBN-139781934742341

eBay Product ID (ePID)78471611

Product Key Features

Number of Pages240 Pages

Publication NameCommunity Organizing for Stronger Schools : Strategies and Successes

LanguageEnglish

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / General, Urban, Aims & Objectives, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects

Publication Year2009

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaEducation

AuthorSara Mcalister, Seema Shah, Kavitha Mediratta

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-927817

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"The authors of Community Organizing for Stronger Schools make a compelling argument that organizing can, and does, strengthen public education. This is the first analysis to document the link between community organizing and improved student educational outcomes. It also identifies effective strategies to mobilize communities, build coalitions, and collaborate with educators. In the end, this book offers a new paradigm for understanding how urban schools and the communities they serve can work together to improve education for the students who need it most. This book is a 'must-read' for school reformers and policy makers, indeed, for all who care about educational justice." -- Mark Warren and Karen L. Mapp , codirectors, Community Organizing and School Reform research project, Harvard Graduate School of Education, "This is a welcome contribution, original and challenging. I don't believe any previous book has shown so clearly the wide variety of ways organizing can reshape schools. Nor has any book drawn together such an impressive body of data, much of it quantitative and longitudinal, to support claims of organizing's effectiveness. At a time when much of the national discussion proceeds as if top-down models were the only way to think about reform; this volume offers a much-needed alternative vision." -- Charles M. Payne , Frank P. Hixon Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago

Dewey Decimal371.190973

SynopsisDrawing on a six-year national study, Community Organizing for Stronger Schools offers a richly textured analysis of community organizing for school reform., Drawing on a six-year national study, Community Organizing for Stronger Schools offers a richly textured analysis of community organizing for school reform. The authors examine the role of organizing in building social and political capital and improving educational outcomes for students in some of the nation's most challenged school districts. In cities across America, community organizations are taking up the cause of public school reform. Their efforts are radically transforming the role of young people, parents, and community members in public education. As the results of their campaigns become more visible, community groups are igniting interest and gaining support among education reform advocates, policy makers, and private foundations. The authors delineate the strategic choices and organizational characteristics that foster successful initiatives and consider how community organizing can support increased civic engagement and sustained educational reform. Finally, they discuss the challenges facing this burgeoning field in a new era of American politics., c Drawing on a six-year national study, Community Organizing for Stronger Schools offers a richly textured analysis of community organizing for school reform. The authors examine the role of organizing in building social and political capital and improving educational outcomes for students in some of the nation's most challenged school districts. In cities across America, community organizations are taking up the cause of public school reform. Their efforts are radically transforming the role of young people, parents, and community members in public education. As the results of their campaigns become more visible, community groups are igniting interest and gaining support among education reform advocates, policy makers, and private foundations. The authors delineate the strategic choices and organizational characteristics that foster successful initiatives and consider how community organizing can support increased civic engagement and sustained educational reform. Finally, they discuss the challenges facing this burgeoning field in a new era of American politics.

LC Classification NumberLC221.M43 2009