Public Engagement for Public Education Joining Forces to Revitalize Democracy and Equalize Schools 1st Edition by Marion Orr, John Rogers ISBN 0804776385 9780804776387

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ISBN 10: 0804776385 

ISBN 13: 9780804776387

Author:  Marion Orr, John Rogers

Community participation plays a large role in the success or failure of our public schools. This book focuses attention on the problem of inequality in public engagement, considering how race, class, ethnicity, language, and immigration status shape opportunities for engagement. Without the active participation of the public, chances for improving school systems are limited. Without equal opportunity for public engagement, those in the lower reaches of stratified society are left largely on the outside looking in—and that all too easily becomes a self-perpetuating cycle.

Public Engagement for Public Education speaks to the potential for students, parents, community members, and civic leaders to join forces and create more equitable schooling. Such engagement can expand access to quality educational pathways which in turn paves the way to a stronger voice in society and the promise of the American dream. If segments of society are blocked access to those pathways, the book argues, nothing less than the health of American democracy is at stake.

Table of contents:

1 – Unequal Schools, Unequal Voice: The Need for Public Engagement for Public Education
Part I – The Context of Public Engagement for Public Education
2 – A Brief History of Public Engagement in American Public Education
3 – The Contemporary Context of Public Engagement: The New Political Grid
Part II – Streams of Public Engagement for Public Education
4 – Public Engagement and the Coproduction of Public Education
5 – Democratic Institutions, Public Engagement, and Latinos in American Public Schools
6 – Community Organizing for Education Reform
7 – Broad-based Public Engagement: Alliances and Social Movements
Part III – Sites of Public Engagement for Public Education
8 – Improving Teacher Quality Through Public Engagement in Chicago
9 – “A Force to Be Reckoned With”: The Campaign for College Access in Los Angeles
10 – “Together We Can” in Mobile: A Coalition Across Lines of Race and Class
11 – The Prospects for Public Engagement in a Market-oriented Public Education System: A Case Study of Philadelphia, 2001–2007
12 – Public Engagement for Public Education: Reflections and Prospects

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