Public engagement for public education joining forces to revitalize democracy and equalize schools / [electronic resource] :
edited by Marion Orr and John Rogers.
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2011.
- xvi, 328 p. : ill., maps.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unequal schools, unequal voice : the need for public engagement for public education / Marion Orr and John Rogers -- A brief history of public engagement in American public education / Dennis Shirley -- The contemporary context of public engagement : the new political grid / Jeffrey R. Henig -- Public engagement and the coproduction of public education / Donn Worgs -- Democratic institutions, public engagement, and Latinos in American public schools / Luis Ricardo Fraga and Ann Frost -- Community organizing for education reform / Mark R. Warren -- Broad-based public engagement : alliances and social movements / Lauren Wells, Jean Anyon, and Jeannie Oakes -- Improving teacher quality through public engagement in Chicago / Sara McAlister, Kavitha Mediratta, and Seema Shah -- "A force to be reckoned with" the campaign for college access in Los Angeles / John Rogers and Ernest Morrell -- "Together we can" in Mobile : a coalition across lines of race and class / Brenda J. Turnbull -- The prospects for public engagement in a market-oriented public education system : a case study of Philadelphia, 2001-2007 / Elaine Simon, Eva Gold and Maia Cucchiara -- Public engagement for public education : reflections and prospects / Marion Orr and John Rogers.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Community and school--United States. Public schools--Citizen participation.--United States Education--Citizen participation.--United States Educational equalization--United States.