Changing Course on School Reform: Strategic Organizing around the New York City Mayoral Election

Autor/in	Easton, Billy
Titel	Changing Course on School Reform: Strategic Organizing around the New York City Mayoral Election
Quelle	In: Voices in Urban Education, (2014) 39, S.6-13 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1553-541X
Schlagwörter	Educational Change; Change Strategies; Metropolitan Areas; Strategic Planning; Community Organizations; Advocacy; Elections; Politics of Education; Debate; Parent School Relationship; School Community Relationship; Student School Relationship; Public Schools; Community Coordination; Community Action; Political Candidates; Outcomes of Education; Activism; Agenda Setting; Elementary Secondary Education; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Lösungsstrategie; Ballungsraum; Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Sozialanwaltschaft; Election; Wahl; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Debating; Streitgespräch; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Schüler-Lehrer-Beziehung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest
Abstract	New York City's new mayor, Bill de Blasio, represents a dramatic shift from his predecessor Michael Bloomberg in the area of education. Bloomberg was a national trendsetter on market reforms focused on privatization, testing, and competition. De Blasio was elected on an agenda of classroom investments, student supports, parent and community engagement, and a focus on teaching and learning and is already getting national press for changing course on education. This contrast captures the heart and soul of education debates raging across the country. De Blasio represents an opening to begin a 180-degree shift in education reform in the United States. This did not happen by chance. It was the combination of a candidate who captured the moment and a conscious community-based advocacy campaign designed to capitalize on the mayoral election to redirect the education debate. This article describes how community organizers and advocates in New York City developed a two-pronged strategy for change in the 2013 mayoral campaign and election after twelve years of market-driven reforms. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University. Brown University, Box 1985, Providence, RI, 02912. Tel: 401-863-7990; Fax: 401-863-1290; e-mail: AISR_info@brown.edu; Web site: http://www.annenberginstitute.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10