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A Match on Dry Grass
Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform
Mark R. Warren, Karen L. Mapp, and the Community Organizing and School Reform Project
352 pages
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18 b/w halftones, 3 b/w line
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235x156mm
978-0-19-979358-7
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Paperback
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29 September 2011
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- Presents and effectively analyzes richly detailed case studies of six prominent efforts in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Denver, San Jose and the Mississippi Delta
The persistent failure of public schools in low-income neighborhoods, where fully half of black and Latino students fail to graduate with their peers, has vexed educators for decades. A Match on Dry Grass argues that community organizing represents a fresh and promising antidote to educational failure. Based on a comprehensive national study, the book presents rich and compelling case studies of prominent efforts in Chicago, New York City, Los Angeles, Denver, San Jose, and the
Mississippi Delta. The authors show how organizing groups work to build the participation and leadership of parents and students so they can hold school systems accountable for real improvements. But organizing groups do not just demand change. They also collaborate with educators and other community residents to contribute to efforts to improve schooling. Out of these six case studies, Warren, Mapp, and their collaborators identify the central processes common to dynamic organizing efforts for school reform, outlining how community organizing builds the kinds of relationships that can transform schools and communities.Readership: Students and scholars in sociology, political science, education, and social work;
activists in social justice efforts; students preparing to work in communities of color through education; broader public interested in the state of schools in impoverished communities.
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Mark R. Warren, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, Karen L. Mapp, Lecturer, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University, and the Community Organizing and School Reform Project , Graduate School of Education, Harvard University Mark R. Warren is Associate Professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Fire in the Heart and Dry Bones Rattling.
Karen L. Mapp is Lecturer in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Beyond the Bake Sale.
The Community Organizing and School Reform Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, led by Mark R. Warren and Karen L. Mapp, consists of Keith Catone, Roy Cervantes, Connie K. Chung, Cynthia Gordon, Soo Hong, Ann Ishimaru, Paul Kuttner, Meredith Mira, Thomas Nikundiwe, Soojin Oh, Kenneth Russell, Amanda Taylor, Mara Tieken, Anita Wadhwa, and Helen Westmoreland.
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Preface & Acknowledgements
Introduction: A New Movement for Equity and Justice in Education
Chapter 1. How Community Organizing Works
Chapter 2. "A Match on Dry Grass"
Organizing for Great Schools in San Jose
Chapter 3. "An Appetite for Change"
Building Relational Cultures for Educational Reform and Civic Engagement in Los Angeles
Chapter 4. <"Our Strength is the Power of Our Community>"
Political Education and the Continuation of the Struggle in Denver
Chapter 5. <"Weaving a Tapestry that won't Unravel>"
The Transformation of Education in the Mississippi Delta
Chapter 6. <"Acts of Leadership>"
Building Powerful Forms of Parent Participation in Chicago
Chapter 7. <"Cement between the Bricks>"
Building Schools and Communities in New York City
Chapter 8. Building Relationships and Power to Transform Communities
and Schools
Conclusion: Lessons for School Reform and Democracy-Building
Appendix A Collaborative Research Process
References
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