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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456869803321

Titolo

Including families and communities in urban education [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Catherine M. Hands, Lea Hubbard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlotte, N.C., : Information Age Pub., c2011

ISBN

1-61735-401-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Collana

Issues in the research, theory, policy, and practice of urban education

Altri autori (Persone)

HandsCatherine M

HubbardLea <1946->

Disciplina

379.2/6

Soggetti

Education, Urban - United States

Education - Parent participation - United States

Community and school - United States

Children of minorities - Education - United States

Educational equalization - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Understanding family and community inclusion and engagement / Catherine M. Hands and Lea Hubbard -- Metaphor as insight into parents' conceptualizations of their role in school improvement / Bonnie L. Stelmach -- The role of leadership in forging family-school-community relationships / Lea Hubbard and Catherine M. Hands -- Parent empowerment through organizing for collective action / Lauri Johnson, Julie Carter, and Mary Finn -- Listening to parent voices: home-school collaboration for diverse communities / Magaly Lavadenz and Elvira G. Armas -- Fostering inclusive educational environments for American Indian parents and families in urban schools and communities / Susan C. Faircloth -- Learning to organize for educational change: one CBO's efforts to influence educational policy / Michael P. Evans -- Pioneer parents and creating pathways for involvement: a historical case study of school change and collective parental involvement / Erin McNamara Horvat -- The math/science equity project: working with educators to increase African American parental involvement in secondary math and science course placements



/ Roslyn A. Mickelson and Linwood H. Cousins -- Shaping youth's identity through student-driven research / Susan Yonezawa and Makeba Jones -- From mistrust to collaboration: using transformational social therapy to support participation in school- community educational reform in a French banlieue / Novella Keith -- Mapping family-school partnership programs through theories of action and logic models / Janet Chrispeels and Margarita Gonzalez -- Conclusion: themes from initiatives including families and community members in education.