Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing for School Reform

by Karen L. Mapp and Mark R. Warren

Book Overview

The persistent failure of public schooling in low-income communities constitutes one of our nation's most pressing civil rights and social justice issues. Many school reformers recognize that poverty, racism, and a lack of power held by these communities undermine children's education and development, but few know what to do about it.

A Match on Dry Grass argues that community organizing represents a fresh and promising approach to school reform...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199793581
• ISBN13: 9780199793587
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"