Mothers United: An Immigrant Struggle for Socially Just Education
"Andrea Dyrness has produced an intimate, persuasive ethnography of a new, unexpected ‘learning site’ beyond the school walls. InMothers United, we see the deft, sensitive hand of a genuinely ‘collaborative ethnographer’ working as a democratic, cultural broker/teacher/learner. I haven’t seen a better portrayal of activist ethnographic practice in the literature." —Douglas Foley, University of Texas, Austin"Mothers Unitedis a brilliant example of how educational  ethnography can illuminate the complex workings of school reform,  parental agency and school engagement, and participatory action research  for school change and social justice. Andrea Dyrness superbly  illustrates how social injustice is reproduced in even the most  well-intentioned and social justice-oriented school change movements." —Sofia Villenas, Cornell University