| Urban Education with an Attitude Contributor(s): Johnson, Lauri (Editor), Finn, Mary E. (Editor), Lewis, Rebecca (Editor) |
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ISBN: 079146380X ISBN-13: 9780791463802 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2005 Annotation: This book profiles local and national efforts to transform urban education and reinvent urban teacher preparation. It describes real programs in real urban schools that have developed policy initiatives that promote educational equity. Community-based curricula, and teacher education and parent empowerment programs that emphaize domocratic collaboration among universities, urban teachers, parents and community memebrs. By involving all stakeholdes, this comprehesive approach provides a model for creating urban schools that not only excite and inpire, but also serve an engines for social change. Contending that urban education reform will fail without public engagement and a commitment to social justice, the contributors challenge urban educators to become accountable to their students. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | History - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Multicultural Education |
| Dewey: 370.917 |
| LCCN: 2004048160 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.12" W x 8.98" (0.82 lbs) 234 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book profiles local and national efforts to transform urban education and reinvent urban teacher preparation. It describes real programs in real urban schools that have developed policy initiatives that promote educational equity, community-based curricula, and teacher education and parent empowerment programs that emphasize democratic collaboration among universities, urban teachers, parents, and community members. By involving all stakeholders, this comprehensive approach provides a model for creating urban schools that not only excite and inspire, but also serve as engines for social change. Contending that urban education reform will fail without public engagement and a commitment to social justice, the contributors challenge urban educators to become accountable to their students and the communities they serve. |