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Author:

Su, Celina, 1977-

Title:

Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx / Celina Su.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

ix, 246 p. : maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

School improvement programs--New York--New York--Case studies.
Educational change--New York--New York--Case studies.
Community organization--New York--New York--Case studies.
Nonprofit organizations--New York--New York--Case studies.
Social movements--New York--New York--Case studies.
Community and school--New York.--New York.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and index.

Contents:

A kaleidoscope of people power -- Public education and organizing in the Bronx -- Organizing the organizations : the Alinskyite tool kit -- Friends forever : the Freirean tool kit -- Off the charts : tackling issues of race in SCOs -- What these tools can build : developing capacities for policy making -- Favorite hits : embedded preferences for confrontation or collaboration -- Commitment and commencement.

Series:

Cornell paperbacks.

ISBN:

0801475589 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801475580 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801447259 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801447259 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)271812406

LCCN:

2008049127

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)