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Navarro, Armando – Perspectives in Mexican American Studies, 2000
In 1969 after an intense political campaign, three Mexican Americans won seats on the board of trustees of the Cucamonga (California) School District--the Chicano Movement's first successful effort at community control of a school board. Political organizing strategies, community-initiated self-help projects, the new board's educational reforms,…
Descriptors: Activism, Boards of Education, Community Control, Educational Change