Public engagement for public education
Subtitle: joining forces to revitalize democracy and equalize schools
By: edited by Marion Orr and John Rogers
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780804763554; 9780804763561
Subjects: Community and school; Public schools; Citizen participation; Education; Educational equalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unequal schools, unequal voice : the need for public engagement for public education / Marion Orr and John Rogers; title: A brief history of public engagement in American public education / Dennis Shirley; title: The contemporary context of public engagement : the new political grid / Jeffrey R. Henig; title: Public engagement and the coproduction of public education / Donn Worgs; title: Democratic institutions, public engagement, and Latinos in American public schools / Luis Ricardo Fraga and Ann Frost; title: Community organizing for education reform / Mark R. Warren; title: Broad-based public engagement : alliances and social movements / Lauren Wells, Jean Anyon, and Jeannie Oakes; title: Improving teacher quality through public engagement in Chicago / Sara McAlister, Kavitha Mediratta, and Seema Shah; title: "A force to be reckoned with" the campaign for college access in Los Angeles / John Rogers and Ernest Morrell; title: "Together we can" in Mobile : a coalition across lines of race and class / Brenda J. Turnbull; title: The prospects for public engagement in a market-oriented public education system : a case study of Philadelphia, 2001-2007 / Elaine Simon, Eva Gold and Maia Cucchiara; title: Public engagement for public education : reflections and prospects / Marion Orr and John Rogers.