Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx / Celina Su.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Su, Celina, 1977-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School improvement programs--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

School improvement programs.

Educational change--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Educational change.

Community organization--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Community organization.

Nonprofit organizations--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Nonprofit organizations.

Social movements--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.

Social movements.

Community and school--New York (State)--New York.

Community and school.

Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.

Bronx (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Streetwise for Book Smarts, Celina Su examines the efforts of parents and students who sought to improve the quality of education in their local schools by working with grassroots organizations and taking matters into their own hands.

Contents:

A kaleidoscope of people power

Public education and organizing in the Bronx

Organizing the organizations : the Alinskyite tool kit

Friends forever : the Freirean tool kit

Off the charts : tackling issues of race in SCOs

What these tools can build : developing capacities for policy making

Favorite hits : embedded preferences for confrontation or collaboration

Commitment and commencement.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8014-7558-9

0-8014-5933-8

OCLC:

726824316