The full-service community school movement : lessons from the James Adams Community School / Jeanita W. Richardson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Jeanita W., 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

James Adams Community School (Coatesville, Pa.).

Community schools--United States--Case studies.

Community schools.

Children with social disabilities--United States--Case studies.

Children with social disabilities.

Children of minorities--Education--United States--Case studies.

Children of minorities.

Segregation in education--United States--Case studies.

Segregation in education.

Children of minorities--Education.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

189 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Summary:

In the wake of stringent public school accountability standards, educators are forced to address persistent "achievement gaps" in new ways. Concomitantly, there is growing acknowledgement that factors external to schools critically influence academic success. Full-service community schools attempt to narrow "gaps" by convening comprehensive networks, yet, this contemporary movement also reminds us, "there is nothing new under the sun." This book contributes to the educational and socio-historical lexicon through an examination of a segregated school exemplifying contemporary "best practices" instructive on multiple levels to schools in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

1 Full-Service Community Schools: Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future 11

2 The Efficacy of a Community Approach 37

3 Pursuing Excellence in a Segregated System: Coatesville, a Town of Paradoxes 65

4 The Cornerstones: The Blurred Personal and Professional Lives of T.J. / Anita Anderson 87

5 James Adams Community School: Manifesting the Vision 111

6 In Their Own Words: Reflections from Alumni and Faculty 139

7 Looking Backward to Plan Ahead: Lessons for the Community and Full-Service School Movement 161.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230618480

0230618480

OCLC:

299703161

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