Community Action for School Reform

Baum, Howell S.

ISBN 10: 0791457605 / ISBN 13: 9780791457603

Published by State University of New York Press, 2003

About this Item

Trade pbk.; unmarked; no bent or torn pp.; cover and spine, fine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Community Action for School Reform
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791457605
• ISBN 13: 9780791457603
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

About this title

Synopsis

Presents an innovative community approach to educational improvement.

Community Action for School Reform tells the story of a partnership between Baltimore community activists and a university as they created an organization to improve neighborhood schools. The book examines the challenges they faced, such as persuading community members that they had the necessary knowledge to do something about the schools, starting and sustaining an organization, conducting and using research, engaging the school system, and funding their work.

About the Author

Howell S. Baum is Professor in the Urban Studies and Planning Program at the University of Maryland at College Park. He is the author of several books, including most recently, The Organization of Hope: Communities Planning Themselves, also published by SUNY Press.