03369nam 2200661Ia 450 991045919130332120200520144314.01-4529-4697-30-8166-7377-2(CKB)2670000000033462(EBL)557531(OCoLC)650283963(SSID)ssj0000424676(PQKBManifestationID)11311030(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424676(PQKBWorkID)10488526(PQKB)10341405(StDuBDS)EDZ0001170780(MiAaPQ)EBC557531(Au-PeEL)EBL557531(CaPaEBR)ebr10404183(EXLCZ)99267000000003346220100308d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrOrganizing for educational justice[electronic resource] the campaign for public school reform in the South Bronx /Michael B. FabricantMinneapolis University of Minnesota Pressc20101 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-6960-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 OrganizingEpilogue: The Ongoing Work for Educational Justice Bibliography; Index;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...Public schoolsNew York (State)New YorkSchool improvement programsNew York (State)New YorkEducational changeNew York (State)New YorkCommunity organizationNew York (State)New YorkSocial movementsNew York (State)New YorkBronx (New York, N.Y.)Social conditionsElectronic books.Public schoolsSchool improvement programsEducational changeCommunity organizationSocial movements371.2/0709747275Fabricant Michael867874MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459191303321Organizing for educational justice1937314UNINA