Faith-Based Organizing for Youth: One Organization's District Campaign for Small Schools Policy

Autor/in	Snyder, Ron
Titel	Faith-Based Organizing for Youth: One Organization's District Campaign for Small Schools Policy
Quelle	In: New Directions for Youth Development, (2008) 117, S.93-107 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1533-8916
DOI	10.1002/yd.249
Schlagwörter	Community Leaders; Low Income Groups; Educational Change; Community Organizations; Educational Opportunities; Religious Organizations; Small Schools; Charter Schools; Educational Environment; Educational Improvement; Community Action; Advocacy; Educational Research; Models; Leadership; Parent Participation; Urban Schools; Minority Groups; Partnerships in Education; Federal Legislation; Democratic Values; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community leadership; Gemeindeleitung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; School; Schools; Schule; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Analogiemodell; Führung; Führungsposition; Elternmitwirkung; Urban area; Urban areas; Stadtregion; Stadt; Ethnische Minderheit; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Bundesrecht; Kalifornien
Abstract	Oakland Community Organizations (OCO) has worked for over ten years to improve educational opportunities in low-income neighborhoods in Oakland, California. The work of thousands of parent, teacher, youth, and community leaders has resulted in the formation of nearly fifty new small schools and more than ten charters, creating settings for individualized learning environments and the opportunity for quality choices for many of Oakland's low-income families. In this article, OCO's executive director, Ron Snyder, outlines a four-phase organizing process undertaken by OCO, based on a set of organizing principles that have sustained community-led education reform despite constant changes in the political and school district environment: the centrality of love (self-interest) as a motivator for advocacy; the importance of quality research and powerful ideas (vision) as alternatives to the status quo; application of a model that creates a common structure, language, and experience to sustain leaders; the need for institutional and network power to apply leverage; the flexibility to seize opportunity when the window is open; and faithfulness to the object of our love: our children. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10