Streetwise for book smarts
Subtitle: grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx
By: Celina Su.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780801447259; 9780801475580
Subjects: School improvement programs -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Educational change -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Community organization -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Nonprofit organizations -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Social movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies; Community and school -- New York (State) -- New York; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A kaleidoscope of people power; title: Public education and organizing in the Bronx; title: Organizing the organizations : the Alinskyite tool kit; title: Friends forever : the Freirean tool kit; title: Off the charts : tackling issues of race in SCOs; title: What these tools can build : developing capacities for policy making; title: Favorite hits : embedded preferences for confrontation or collaboration; title: Commitment and commencement.