The impact of school choice and community
Subtitle: in the interest of families and schools
By: Claire Smrekar.
Series: SUNY series, youth social services, schooling, and public policy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Education -- Parent participation -- United States -- Case studies; School choice -- United States -- Case studies; Community and school -- United States -- Case studies; Educational sociology -- United States -- Case studies
Description: This book offers a response to the policy failures associated with parent involvement in schools by arguing against traditional, piecemeal approaches to enhancing parent involvement in schools, and amplifying the importance of parents' social networks in the discussion of family-school partnerships. The interaction between social structure and school organization provides compelling indications of the need to recast the concept of parent involvement to one of community building.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-199) and index.