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The Fight for America's Schools - Grassroots Organizing in Education (Paperback)
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The Fight for America's Schools - Grassroots Organizing in Education (Paperback)
Series: Education Politics and Policy
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In The Fight for America's Schools, Barbara Ferman brings together
a diverse group of contributors to investigate how parents,
communities, teachers, unions, and students are mobilizing to
oppose market-based reforms in education. Drawing on a series of
rich case studies, the book illustrates how disparate groups can
forge new alliances to work together toward common goals. The Fight
for America's Schools tackles recent changes in the landscape of
education policy that have prompted significant alterations in the
politics of education. Collectively, No Child Left Behind, Race to
the Top, the Common Core State Standards, and now the Every Student
Succeeds Act have chipped away at the traditional center of
community control-a trend reinforced by the charter movement,
school closures, and state takeovers of some urban schools. At the
same time, market-based reforms have sparked resistance from
teachers, parents, students, and community groups. The book
explores grassroots organizing campaigns in mid-Atlantic cities and
suburbs, describing the reconfiguration of historical alliances,
the mobilization of new organizations, and the potential for new
coalitions that provide a countervailing force to establish
political configurations and strive to preserve education as a
public good.
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