num_pages: 308
description: This volume examines how grass-root movements operated during the early 20th century to shape urban education in the United States. It explores the way in which these diverse community groups struggled to make local schools responsive institutions in a time of dramatic change.
language: English
title: Power and the Promise of School Reform: Grass Roots Movements During the Progressive Era
titlecomplete: Power and the Promise of School Reform: Grass Roots Movements During the Progressive Era (Reflective History, 9)
genres: Education
ratings_count: 8
publisher: Teachers College Press