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Book SynopsisA convincing portrait of teachers actively engaged in educational reform...offering a hopeful yet realistic vision of revitalized democracy inspired by a passion for the public good. This book is an eloquent defense of civic virtue.
Jonathan Kozol, author of
Amazing Grace and
Savage Inequalities Rich, realistic, invigorating, and scary. Any middle school educator who has been part of an effort to reform the educational process will see himself or herself in this book--as the brave risk taker, the naive visionary, the frightened frontline trooper, and the touched individual who can make a difference.
Judy Cunningham, principal, South Lake Middle School, Irvine, California
This book tells the stories of sixteen schools in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Texas, and Vermont that sought to alter their structures and practices and become places fostering innovative ideas, caring people, principles of social justice, and democratic proce
Trade Review
"...is a provocative and challenging analysis..." (Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, Volume 7, #3)
Table of Contents
SITUATING THE STRUGGLE.
The Struggle to Become Good Schools.
Cultural Contradictions.
FOUR CULTURAL STRUGGLES.
Becoming Educative.
Becoming Socially Just.
Becoming Caring.
Becoming Participatory.
BECOMING BETTER.
Struggling to Scale Up.
Struggling in the Reform Mill.
A Passion for the Public Good.
Appendix: Studying the Technical, Normative, and Political Dimensions of School Reform.
