LEADER 03333nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910824086303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4529-4697-3 010 $a0-8166-7377-2 035 $a(CKB)2670000000033462 035 $a(EBL)557531 035 $a(OCoLC)650283963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000424676 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11311030 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000424676 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10488526 035 $a(PQKB)10341405 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001170780 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC557531 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL557531 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10404183 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000033462 100 $a20100308d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOrganizing for educational justice $ethe campaign for public school reform in the South Bronx /$fMichael B. Fabricant 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMinneapolis $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8166-6960-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 327 $aEpilogue: The Ongoing Work for Educational Justice Bibliography; Index; 330 $aSince 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... 606 $aPublic schools$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aSchool improvement programs$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aEducational change$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aCommunity organization$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aSocial movements$zNew York (State)$zNew York 607 $aBronx (New York, N.Y.)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aPublic schools 615 0$aSchool improvement programs 615 0$aEducational change 615 0$aCommunity organization 615 0$aSocial movements 676 $a371.2/0709747275 700 $aFabricant$b Michael$01709784 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824086303321 996 $aOrganizing for educational justice$94099848 997 $aUNINA