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Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Su, Celina, 1977-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
School improvement programs > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Educational change > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Community organization > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Nonprofit organizations > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Social movements > New York (State) > New York > Case studies.
Community and school > New York (State) > New York.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions.
Table of Contents:
  • A kaleidoscope of people power
  • Public education and organizing in the Bronx
  • Organizing the organizations : the Alinskyite tool kit
  • Friends forever : the Freirean tool kit
  • Off the charts : tackling issues of race in SCOs
  • What these tools can build : developing capacities for policy making
  • Favorite hits : embedded preferences for confrontation or collaboration
  • Commitment and commencement.