When Parents United: A Historical Case Study Examining the Changing Civic Landscape of American Urban Education Reform

Autor/inn/en	Syeed, Esa; Noguera, Pedro
Titel	When Parents United: A Historical Case Study Examining the Changing Civic Landscape of American Urban Education Reform
Quelle	In: Journal of Social Science Education, 13 (2014) 4, S.127-144 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1618-5293
Schlagwörter	Urban Education; Educational Change; Educational History; Case Studies; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; Stakeholders; Educational Policy; Public Policy; Governance; Urban Schools; Community Involvement; School Community Relationship; Advocacy; Parent Participation; Interviews; Archives; Qualitative Research; Equal Education; Public Schools; Social Environment; Community Organizations; Political Influences; Politics of Education; District of Columbia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Bildungsreform; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Öffentliche Ordnung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Sozialanwaltschaft; Elternmitwirkung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Archivwesen; Archiv; Qualitative Forschung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Soziales Umfeld; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss
Abstract	In this article we explore recent history to uncover the role that public engagement has played in the effort to reform America's urban schools. In the place of narratives that focus on elite actors (foundations, unions, corporations, etc.), we focus on the role of local stakeholders. Specifically, we look to how the changing political context (policy agendas and governance structures) of urban school systems has shifted possibilities for communities to participate in determining the direction of reform efforts in urban school systems. Through interviews and archival research, we examine the case of a single parent-led advocacy organization, Parents United for the D.C. Public Schools. Established in 1980 and remaining active until the late 1990s, Parents United developed a broad-based vision of educational equity and had a significant impact on the local public school system during that time. We show that in the current political and social context of education reform, communities may derive important lessons from Parents United while also devising new strategies for public engagement. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01