TY - BOOK AU - Su,Celina TI - Streetwise for book smarts: grassroots organizing and education reform in the Bronx SN - 9780801447259 (cloth : alk. paper) AV - LB2822.83.N7 S82 2009 U1 - 371.2/0709747275 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - School improvement programs KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Case studies KW - Educational change KW - Community organization KW - Nonprofit organizations KW - Social movements KW - Community and school KW - Bronx (New York, N.Y.) KW - Social conditions KW - Class of Fall 2012 KW - Bosch Fellow in Public Policy KW - Fellow N1 - 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 ER -