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You Can't Be What You Can't See presents a rare longitudinal
account of the benefits of a high-quality, out-of-school program on
the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth
who grew up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in
the 1980s and early '90s. The result of a five-year research
project by Stanford scholar Milbrey W. McLaughlin, the book
documents what happened to more than 700 Cabrini-Green youth two
decades after they attended the Community Youth Creative Learning
Experience (CYCLE), a comprehensive after-school program offering
tutoring, enrichment, scholarships, summer camps, and more. Through
data collection, and in-depth interviews with participants and
staff, she finds that almost all had graduated high school and
escaped poverty, and so had their children. McLaughlin describes
the design principles as well as the core features of the program
that participants say were key to their success: mentoring,
exposure to activities and resources beyond their neighborhood, and
a culture of belonging in which staff committed to "never give up
on a kid." The recollections and accomplishments of CYCLE alums,
McLaughlin argues, challenge current assumptions about the enduring
effects of poverty and highlight the power of opportunity "to
imagine and take a different path." You Can't Be What You Can't See
offers lessons for policy makers, educators, community activists,
funders, and others interested in learning what makes a youth
organization effective for low-income, marginalized children.
This pathbreaking book examines the strategies, successes, and
challenges of youth advocacy organizations, highlighting the
importance of local contexts for these efforts. Working between
social movements and the political establishment, these
organizations occupy a special niche in American politics and civil
society. They use their position to change local agendas for youth
and public perceptions of youth, and work to strengthen local
community support systems.
"Between Movement and Establishment" describes how youth advocacy
organizations affect change in a fragmented urban policy
environment. It considers the different constituencies that
organizations target, including public officials and policies,
specific service sectors, and community members, and looks at the
multiple tactics advocates employ to advance their reform agendas,
such as political campaigns, accountability measures, building
civic capacity, research, and policy formation. This work further
examines the importance of historical, organizational, and
political contexts in explaining the strategies, actions, and
consequences of advocacy organizations' efforts at the local level,
bringing to light what is effective and why.
This pathbreaking book examines the strategies, successes, and
challenges of youth advocacy organizations, highlighting the
importance of local contexts for these efforts. Working between
social movements and the political establishment, these
organizations occupy a special niche in American politics and civil
society. They use their position to change local agendas for youth
and public perceptions of youth, and work to strengthen local
community support systems.
"Between Movement and Establishment" describes how youth advocacy
organizations affect change in a fragmented urban policy
environment. It considers the different constituencies that
organizations target, including public officials and policies,
specific service sectors, and community members, and looks at the
multiple tactics advocates employ to advance their reform agendas,
such as political campaigns, accountability measures, building
civic capacity, research, and policy formation. This work further
examines the importance of historical, organizational, and
political contexts in explaining the strategies, actions, and
consequences of advocacy organizations' efforts at the local level,
bringing to light what is effective and why.
American high schools have never been under more pressure to
reform: student populations are more diverse than ever, resources
are limited, and teachers are expected to teach to high standards
for all students. While many reformers look for change at the state
or district level, the authors here argue that the most local
contexts--schools, departments, and communities--matter the most to
how well teachers perform in the classroom and how satisfied they
are professionally. Their findings--based on one of the most
extensive research projects ever done on secondary teaching--show
that departmental cultures play a crucial role in classroom
settings and expectations. In the same school, for example, social
studies teachers described their students as "apathetic and
unwilling to work," while English teachers described the same
students as "bright, interesting, and energetic."
With wide-ranging implications for educational practice and policy,
this unprecedented look into teacher communities is essential
reading for educators, administrators, and all those concerned with
U. S. High Schools.
You Can't Be What You Can't See presents a rare longitudinal
account of the benefits of a high-quality, out-of-school program on
the life trajectories of hundreds of poor, African American youth
who grew up in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project in
the 1980s and early '90s. The result of a five-year research
project by Stanford scholar Milbrey W. McLaughlin, the book
documents what happened to more than 700 Cabrini-Green youth two
decades after they attended the Community Youth Creative Learning
Experience (CYCLE), a comprehensive after-school program offering
tutoring, enrichment, scholarships, summer camps, and more. Through
data collection, and in-depth interviews with participants and
staff, she finds that almost all had graduated high school and
escaped poverty, and so had their children. McLaughlin describes
the design principles as well as the core features of the program
that participants say were key to their success: mentoring,
exposure to activities and resources beyond their neighborhood, and
a culture of belonging in which staff committed to "never give up
on a kid." The recollections and accomplishments of CYCLE alums,
McLaughlin argues, challenge current assumptions about the enduring
effects of poverty and highlight the power of opportunity "to
imagine and take a different path." You Can't Be What You Can't See
offers lessons for policy makers, educators, community activists,
funders, and others interested in learning what makes a youth
organization effective for low-income, marginalized children.
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