Digital Networking for School Reform: The Online Grassroots Efforts of Parent and Teacher Activists [electronic resource] /
Heron-Hruby, Alison.editor.
Landon-Hays, Melanie.editor.
Presenting school reform grassroots activists - teachers, parents, and organizers alike - in their own words, the editors document the newly emerged role of digital networks of activists in school reform and analyze their efforts as acts of critical literacy.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Notes on Contributors; 1 Critical Digital Literacies and the Struggle over What's Common; 2 Getting the Attention of the White House: Using Facebook to Promote Teacher Knowledge about School Reform; 3 United Opt Out National and the Resistance of High-Stakes Standardized Testing; 4 Beginning at the Blog: Moving from Kitchen-Table Plans to National Political Activism Using Digital Narratives; 5 Fighting Testing Madness in Charlotte, North Carolina
6 In Closing-The Potential of Current Grassroots Efforts for Effecting Sustainable Change: A Socio-historical Perspective on Making a DifferenceIndex
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Presenting school reform grassroots activists - teachers, parents, and organizers alike - in their own words, the editors document the newly emerged role of digital networks of activists in school reform and analyze their efforts as acts of critical literacy.
Education and state.
Educational technology.
Education.
Education Policy.
Technology and Digital Education.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Educational Technology.