Streetwise for Book Smarts

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ISBN: 9780801475580 | 0801475589
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 5/1/2009

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In Streetwise for Book Smarts, Celina Su examines the efforts of parents and students who sought to improve the quality of education in their local schools by working with grassroots organizations and taking matters into their own hands. In these organizations, everyday citizens pursued not only education reform but also democratic accountability and community empowerment. Book jacket.

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Acknowledgments	p. vii
A Kaleidoscope of People Power	p. 1
Public Education and Organizing in the Bronx	p. 28
Organizing the Organizations: The Alinskyite Tool Kit	p. 46
Friends Forever: The Freirean Tool Kit	p. 76
Off the Charts: Tackling Issues of Race in SCOs	p. 106
What These Tools Can Build: Developing Capacities for Policy Making	p. 136
Favorite Hits: Embedded Preferences for Confrontation or Collaboration	p. 156
Commitment and Commencement	p. 186
Pounding the Pavement: Research Methods	p. 207
Interview Protocol and List of Interviewees	p. 215
Notes	p. 217
References	p. 227
Index	p. 239
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