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Equity-Driven Public Education: A Historic Opportunity
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Chatterjee, Oona – Voices in Urban Education, 2014
The election of Mayor Bill de Blasio in November 2013 was a historic moment for proponents of student-centered, equity-driven public education. During the campaign, de Blasio ran on an agenda of ending New York City's "Tale of Two Cities" and elevated a comprehensive vision for improving the city's more than 1,800 public schools as a…
Descriptors: Public Education, Educational Opportunities, Community Organizations, Community Coordination
Changing Course on School Reform: Strategic Organizing around the New York City Mayoral Election
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Easton, Billy – Voices in Urban Education, 2014
New York City's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, represents a dramatic shift from his predecessor Michael Bloomberg in the area of education. Bloomberg was a national trendsetter on market reforms focused on privatization, testing, and competition. De Blasio was elected on an agenda of classroom investments, student supports, parent and community…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Change Strategies, Metropolitan Areas, Strategic Planning
Promising Practices in Community Education. Schools and Communities Working Together To Enrich K-12 Education.
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Quincy. Office of Community Education. – 1986
Intended to provide educators and community leaders in Massachusetts with an overview of the ways in which community education practices can strengthen K-12 education, this document explains community education, describes three community education projects in detail, gives implementation models, and lists organizational and printed resources.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Coordination, Community Education
Education That Is Multicultural for Urban Schools: Rationale and Recommendation.
Grant, Carl A. – 1979
Diverse school populations, desegregation and integration, minority-majority group splits, institutional racism, and the singularity of school norms are significant factors which affect respect for individual differences within urban schools. These facts illustrate the need for adoption of education that is multicultural to effect systematic…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Cooperation, Community Coordination, Cultural Pluralism
The Transformational Approach: Organizational Development Strategies for Transforming Rural Schools.
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Carlson, Laurie A.; Thorn, Antionette Alford; Mulvenon, Sean W.; Turner, Ronna C.; Hughes, Mary F. – Rural Educator, 2002
An approach to educational change is derived from the field of organizational development. Change agents must be aware of their personal biases and preconceptions; initiate positive inquiry among all community stakeholders; incorporate community values into a well expressed vision; identify obstructions and catalysts; consider community…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Characteristics, Community Coordination
Reimagining Professional Development. Four Presentations from AAHE's National Conference on School/College Collaboration (4th, Pittsburgh, PA, December 5-8, 1993).
Robinson, Sharon P.; West, Cornel; Cortes, Ernesto J., Jr.; Haycock, Kati P. – 1993
The four papers in this document are centered around several themes in education reform: (1) the need to reimagine and recreate strategies; (2) the need to approach familiar obstacles innovatively; (3) the need to utilize all available resources; and (4) and the need to engage in this work cooperatively and with courage and vision. In the first…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Coordination, Community Organizations