Pulling Together: Civic Capacity and Urban School Reform

Autor/in	Shipps, Dorothy
Titel	Pulling Together: Civic Capacity and Urban School Reform
Quelle	In: American Educational Research Journal, 40 (2003) 4, S.841-878 (38 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-8312
DOI	10.3102/00028312040004841
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; School Restructuring; Educational Change; Urban Renewal; Citizenship Responsibility; Public Schools; Voting; Politics of Education; Activism; Socioeconomic Status; Government Role; Disadvantaged Youth; Low Income Groups; Change Strategies; Cooperative Planning; Empowerment; School Community Relationship; Participative Decision Making; School Business Relationship; Educational History; Minority Groups; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Bildungsreform; Stadtsanierung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Abstimmung; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Lösungsstrategie; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Ethnische Minderheit
Abstract	Educators often ignore the political requirements of urban reform in their focus on the research and models that guide it. Conversely, political scientists frequently miss the differences among reforms in their focus on coalitions and resources. Integrating Clarence N. Stone's concept of "civic capacity" with an educator's view of reform types creates a typology of urban school regimes that helps to explain which local political arrangements and coalitions are compatible with various versions of reform. This article applies the typology to Chicago schools, revealing that the civic capacity associated with some reform agendas involves narrow, rather than broad, coalitions; that multiple coalitions compete for the same civic resources; that subtle coalition changes can alter a reform agenda; and that reform itself produces unpredictable political consequences. (Contains 1 table, 1 figure and 24 notes.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10