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Publics for public schools : legitimacy, democracy, and leadership /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Abowitz, Kathleen Knight (Author), Thompson, Steven R. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colorado : Paradigm Publishers, [2013]
Subjects:
Public schools > United States.
Community and school > United States.
Democracy and education > United States.
Educational leadership > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Where is the public in public schooling?
  • The problem of legitimacy
  • The publics of public schools
  • Publics: formed of problems, existing in conflict, developing in deliberation
  • Community organizing: creating publics for school reform
  • Deliberative democracy and public schools
  • Public leadership for public schools, with lead author Steven R. Thompson.