Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx /
Su, Celina, 1977-
Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx / Celina Su. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009. - ix, 246 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and index.
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.
9780801447259 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801475580 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008049127
GBA940387 bnb
015117891 Uk
School improvement programs--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Educational change--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Community organization--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Nonprofit organizations--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Social movements--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Community and school--New York (State)--New York.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
Class of Fall 2012 Bosch Fellow in Public Policy Fellow
LB2822.83.N7 / S82 2009
371.2/0709747275
Streetwise for book smarts : grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx / Celina Su. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009. - ix, 246 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-238) and index.
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.
9780801447259 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780801475580 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2008049127
GBA940387 bnb
015117891 Uk
School improvement programs--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Educational change--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Community organization--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Nonprofit organizations--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Social movements--New York (State)--New York--Case studies.
Community and school--New York (State)--New York.
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
Class of Fall 2012 Bosch Fellow in Public Policy Fellow
LB2822.83.N7 / S82 2009
371.2/0709747275