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The fight for America's schools : grassroots organizing in education / Barbara Ferman, editor.
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English
Published/Created
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]
Description
viii, 192 pages ; 23 cm.
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LC89 .F53 2017
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Subject(s)
Education
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Political aspects
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United States
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Education
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Social aspects
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United States
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Political culture
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Social justice
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Educational equalization
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Educational change
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Discrimination in education
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Education and state
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Editor
Ferman, Barbara
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Series
Education politics and policy series
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Summary note
This book investigates new developments in community organizing around education - the reconfiguration of historical alliances, the mobilization of new organizations, and the potential for new coalitions--Provided by publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-176) and index.
Contents
Introduction: The new landscape of education politics / Barbara Ferman
Challenges to coalition building: confronting power with creativity / Barbara Ferman and Nicholas Palazzolo
A tale of two cities: community resistance in Newark and Camden / Stephen Danley and Julia Sass Rubin
With our powers combined: grassroots activism in Philadelphia / Elaine Simon, Rand Quinn, Marissa Martino Golden, and Jody C. Cohen
When the personal becomes political: parent organizing and the opt-out movement / Barbara Ferman
Organizing goes statewide: the case of Save Our Schools NJ / Julia Sass Rubin
Lessons from the grass roots / Barbara Ferman
Preserving education as a collective good / Susan Dejarnatt and Barbara Ferman.
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ISBN
9781682530955 (paperback)
1682530957 (paperback)
9781682530962 (library edition)
1682530965 (library edition)
LCCN
2017023238
OCLC
988256137
Other standard number
99973772731
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