Including families and communities in urban education
By: edited by Catherine M. Hands, Lea Hubbard
Series: Issues in the research, theory, policy, and practice of urban education
Publisher: Information Age Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charlotte, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781617353994; 9781617354007; 9781617354014
Subjects: Educational equalization; Children of minorities; Parent participation; Community and school; Urban Education; Education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Understanding family and community inclusion and engagement / Catherine M. Hands and Lea Hubbard; title: Metaphor as insight into parents' conceptualizations of their role in school improvement / Bonnie L. Stelmach; title: The role of leadership in forging family-school-community relationships / Lea Hubbard and Catherine M. Hands; title: Parent empowerment through organizing for collective action / Lauri Johnson, Julie Carter, and Mary Finn; title: Listening to parent voices: home-school collaboration for diverse communities / Magaly Lavadenz and Elvira G. Armas; title: Fostering inclusive educational environments for American Indian parents and families in urban schools and communities / Susan C. Faircloth; title: Learning to organize for educational change: one CBO's efforts to influence educational policy / Michael P. Evans; title: Pioneer parents and creating pathways for involvement: a historical case study of school change and collective parental involvement / Erin McNamara Horvat; title: The math/science equity project: working with educators to increase African American parental involvement in secondary math and science course placements / Roslyn A. Mickelson and Linwood H. Cousins; title: Shaping youth's identity through student-driven research / Susan Yonezawa and Makeba Jones; title: From mistrust to collaboration: using transformational social therapy to support participation in school- community educational reform in a French banlieue / Novella Keith; title: Mapping family-school partnership programs through theories of action and logic models / Janet Chrispeels and Margarita Gonzalez; title: Conclusion: themes from initiatives including families and community members in education.