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A School of Our Own : Parents, Power, and Community at the East Harlem Block Schools (Teaching for Social Justice, 7) - Softcover

Tom Roderick

 
9780807741566: A School of Our Own : Parents, Power, and Community at the East Harlem Block Schools (Teaching for Social Justice, 7)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0807741566 ISBN 13: 9780807741566
Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2001

Synopsis

A School of Our Own shows how in 1965 a group of Puerto Rican “homemakers” created better schools for their children and built a community that enabled many adults to transform their lives. Including both educational and political struggles, this engaging story addresses timely topics like:

  • How to provide good early childhood education in a way that simultaneously strengthens families.
  • How to create an organization strongly committed to countering race, class, and gender prejudice and discrimination.
  • How to strengthen civil society and engage people in public life.
  • How to eliminate poverty―specifically, how to address the unfinished business left by the 1996 “reform” of welfare.

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About the Author

Tom Roderick worked full-time at the East Harlem Block Schools from 1968 to 1975 as teacher-director of the East Harlem Day School. He is now the executive director of Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan Area.

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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication date
2001
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807741566
ISBN 13 
9780807741566
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
180