Including families and communities in urban education / edited by Catherine M. Hands, Lea Hubbard.

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Superior document:Issues in the research, theory, policy, and practice of urban education
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Issues in the research, theory, policy, and practice of urban education.
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Physical Description:xii, 317 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Understanding family and community inclusion and engagement / Catherine M. Hands and Lea Hubbard
  • Metaphor as insight into parents' conceptualizations of their role in school improvement / Bonnie L. Stelmach
  • The role of leadership in forging family-school-community relationships / Lea Hubbard and Catherine M. Hands
  • Parent empowerment through organizing for collective action / Lauri Johnson, Julie Carter, and Mary Finn
  • Listening to parent voices: home-school collaboration for diverse communities / Magaly Lavadenz and Elvira G. Armas
  • Fostering inclusive educational environments for American Indian parents and families in urban schools and communities / Susan C. Faircloth
  • Learning to organize for educational change: one CBO's efforts to influence educational policy / Michael P. Evans
  • Pioneer parents and creating pathways for involvement: a historical case study of school change and collective parental involvement / Erin McNamara Horvat
  • The math/science equity project: working with educators to increase African American parental involvement in secondary math and science course placements / Roslyn A. Mickelson and Linwood H. Cousins
  • Shaping youth's identity through student-driven research / Susan Yonezawa and Makeba Jones
  • From mistrust to collaboration: using transformational social therapy to support participation in school- community educational reform in a French banlieue / Novella Keith
  • Mapping family-school partnership programs through theories of action and logic models / Janet Chrispeels and Margarita Gonzalez
  • Conclusion: themes from initiatives including families and community members in education.