Organizing for educational justice : the campaign for public school reform in the South Bronx / Michael B. Fabricant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fabricant, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public schools--New York (State)--New York.

Public schools.

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

School improvement programs.

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

Educational change.

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

Community organization.

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

Social movements.

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

Bronx (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1980's, strategies for improving public education in America have focused on either competition through voucher programs and charter schools or standardization as enacted into federal law through No Child Left Behind. These reforms, however, have failed to narrow the performance gap between poor urban students and other children. In response, parents have begun to organize local campaigns to strengthen the public schools in their communities. One of the most original, successful, and influential of these parent-led campaigns has been the Community Collaborative to Improve District 9...

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction: Resetting the Agenda; Part I. Community Power and Education Reform; 1. Democracy, Community, and the Crisis of Public Education; 2. The Collaborative to Improve School District 9; Part II. A Moral Obligation to Act; 3. Creating a Platform for Change; 4. Attending to the Base and Consolidating Alliances; 5. Building Community to Change Community; 6. Launching the Lead Teacher Campaign; Part III. The Future of Education Reform; 7. Growing Community Power; 8. Grassroots Democracy and Parent Organizing

Epilogue: The Ongoing Work for Educational Justice Bibliography; Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-4529-4697-3

0-8166-7377-2

OCLC:

650283963