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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Unequal Schools, Unequal Voice: The Need for Public Engagement for Public Education -- Part I. The Context of Public Engagement forPublic Education -- 2. A Brief History of Public Engagement in American Public Education -- 3. The Contemporary Context of Public Engagement: The New Political Grid -- Part II . Streams of Public Engagement for Public Education -- 4. Public Engagement and the Coproduction of Public Education -- 5. Democratic Institutions, Public Engagement, and Latinos in American Public Schools -- 6. Community Organizing for Education Reform -- 7. Broad-based Public Engagement: Alliances and Social Movement -- Part III. Sites of Public Engagement for Public Education -- 8. Improving Teacher Quality Through Public Engagement in Chicago -- 9. "A Force to Be Reckoned With": The Campaign for College Access in Los Angeles -- 10. "Together We Can" in Mobile: A Coalition Across Lines of Race and Class -- 11. The Prospects for Public Engagement in a Market-oriented Public Education System: A Case Study of Philadelphia, 2001-2007 -- 12. Public Engagement for Public Education: Reflections and Prospects -- Contributors -- Index |
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This volume examines the ways youth, parents, community members, and civic leaders join forces to improve public education |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Orr, Marion Public Engagement for Public Education : Joining Forces to Revitalize Democracy and Equalize Schools
Redwood City : Stanford University Press,c2010 9780804763554
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Community and school -- United States.;Public schools -- United States -- Citizen participation.;Education -- United States -- Citizen participation.;Educational equalization -- United States
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Rogers, John
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