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Valley Interfaith and school reform : organizing for power in South Texas /

Can public schools still educate America's children, particularly in poor and working class communities? Many advocates of school reform have called for dismantling public education in favor of market-based models of reform such as privatization and vouchers. By contrast, this pathfinding book...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shirley, Dennis, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Introduction: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY
  • Chaper One: FOUNDING VALLEY INTERFAITH: The Origins of a Grassroots Organization
  • Chapter Two: PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT AT PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  • Chapter Three: CONTESTED CHANGE AT ALAMO MIDDLE SCHOOL
  • Chapter Four: TRANSFORMING SAM HOUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
  • Chapter Five: THE CHALLENGES OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND SCHOOL REFORM
  • APPENDIX
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.