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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789615003321

Autore

Su Celina <1977->

Titolo

Streetwise for book smarts [[electronic resource] ] : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx / / Celina Su

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, : Cornell University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-8014-7558-9

0-8014-5933-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Disciplina

371.2/0709747275

Soggetti

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

Educational change - New York (State) - New York

Community organization - New York (State) - New York

Nonprofit organizations - New York (State) - New York

Social movements - New York (State) - New York

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

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.