Urban Education with an Attitude [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lauri Johnson, Mary E. Finn, and Rebecca Lewis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814400703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2005
• ISBN: 0-7914-8358-4; 1-4237-4389-X
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: x, 224 p. : ill
• Altri autori (Persone): LewisRebecca <1952->; FinnMary E; JohnsonLauri
• Disciplina: 370/.9173/2
• Soggetti: Curriculum change - United States; Teachers - Training of - United States; Popular education - United States; Community education - United States; Education, Urban - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- URBAN EDUCATION WITH AN ATTITUDE -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Linking Theory, Practice, and Community in Urban School Reform -- Call to Action: Promoting Educational Equity in Urban School Reform -- 1. The Racial Achievement Gap: How Can We Assure an Equity of Outcomes? -- 2. Things to Come: Teachers' Work and Urban School Reform -- 3. Court-Ordered Reform of New York State School Aid -- 4. Connecting Community Development andUrban School Reform -- Linking Urban Schools to Their Communities -- 5. Creating Small Urban Schools: Expeditionary Learning as School Reform -- 6. Why the Arts Matter in Our Schools -- 7. Art: An Educational Link between School and Community -- 8. City Voices, City Visions: Digital Video as Literacy/Learning Supertool in Urban Classrooms -- Reforming Teacher Education to Improve Urban Education -- 9. Teaching to Change the World -- 10. Community Walk-About: Finding the Hope in Hopelessness -- 11. Transforming Urban Education ; through the Massachusetts Coalition for Teacher Quality and Student Achievement -- University Partnerships for Parent Empowerment -- 12. Giving Voice to Urban Parents: Using a Community-Based Survey to Leverage School Reform -- 13. Structural Barriers and School Reform: The Perceptions of a Group of Working-Class Parents -- 14. Workshops with an Attitude -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
• Sommario/riassunto: Teachers, community activists, and parents acknowledge and applaud democratic educational systems that establish partnerships between universities and the urban communities they serve.