The Fight for America's Schools: Grassroots Organizing in Education

Sonst. Personen	Ferman, Barbara (Hrsg.)
Titel	The Fight for America's Schools: Grassroots Organizing in Education
Quelle	(2017), (200 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-1-6825-3096-2
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Resistance to Change; Commercialization; Neoliberalism; Case Studies; Educational Policy; Politics of Education; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Federal Aid; Federal Programs; Common Core State Standards; Educational Trends; Charter Schools; School Closing; State Action; Urban Schools; Activism; Teacher Participation; Parent Participation; Student Participation; Community Involvement; Role of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Educational policy; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Common core curriculum; Curriculum; Kerncurriculum; Bildungsentwicklung; Charter school; Charter-Schule; School closings; Schule; Schließung; Schließung (von Schulen); Staatliche Intervention; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Elternmitwirkung; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Bildungsauftrag
Abstract	In "The Fight for America's Schools", Barbara Ferman brings together a diverse group of contributors to investigate how parents, communities, teachers, unions, and students are mobilizing to oppose market-based reforms in education. Drawing on a series of rich case studies, the book illustrates how disparate groups can forge new alliances to work together toward common goals. "The Fight for America's Schools" tackles recent changes in the landscape of education policy that have prompted significant alterations in the politics of education. Collectively, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, the Common Core State Standards, and now the Every Student Succeeds Act have chipped away at the traditional center of community control--a trend reinforced by the charter movement, school closures, and sS of some urban schools. At the same time, market-based reforms have sparked resistance from teachers, parents, students, and community groups. The book explores grassroots organizing campaigns in mid-Atlantic cities and suburbs, describing the reconfiguration of historical alliances, the mobilization of new organizations, and the potential for new coalitions that provide a countervailing force to establish political configurations and strive to preserve education as a public good. Following the Introduction by Barbara Ferman, contents in the book include: (1) Challenges to Coalition Building: Confronting Power with Creativity (Barbara Ferman and Nicholas Palazzolo); (2) A Tale of Two Cities: Community Resistance in Newark and Camden (Stephen Danley and Julia Sass Rubin); (3) With Our Powers Combined: Grassroots Activism in Philadelphia (Elaine Simon, Rand Quinn, Marissa Martino Golden, and Jody C. Cohen); (4) When the Personal Becomes Political: Parent Organizing and the Opt-Out Movement (Barbara Ferman); (5) Organizing Goes Statewide: The Case of Save Our Schools NJ (Julia Sass Rubin); (6) Lessons from the Grass Roots (Barbara Ferman); and (7) Preserving Education as a Collective Good (Susan DeJarnatt and Barbara Ferman). Sections about the editor and the contributors are included. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01