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VUE Number 17, Fall 2007

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Annenberg Institute for School Reform. 1998. Reasons for Hope, Voices for Change. Providence, RI: Annenberg Institute for School Reform, Brown University.
> Report PDFs


Annie E. Casey Foundation. 1995. The Path of Most Resistance: Reflections on Lessons Learned from New Futures. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation.
> PDF available [36 pages]


Anyon, J. 2005. Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and a New Social Movement. New York: Routledge.
> Description, ordering


Brown, J. 2007. “Parents Building Communities in Schools,” Voices in Urban Education 17 (Fall).
> Excerpt


Bryk, A., and B. Schneider. 2002. Trust in Schools: A Core Resource for Improvement. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
> Description, table of contents, chapter 1, ordering


Diamond, J., and K. Gomez. 2004. “African American Parents' Educational Orientations: The Importance of Social Class and Parents' Perceptions of Schools,” Education and Urban Society 36, no. 4:383-427.
> Abstract, PDF, references


Dryfoos, J. G., J. Quinn, and C. Barkin. 2005. Community Schools in Action: Lessons from a Decade of Practice. New York: Oxford University Press.
> Description, table of contents, ordering


Duncan, G. J., and J. Brooks-Gunn. 1997. Consequences of Growing Up Poor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
> Description, table of contents, chapter 1, ordering


Education Trust. 2005. Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground: How Some High Schools Accelerate Learning for Struggling Students. Washington, DC: Education Trust.
> PDF [Scroll to title. 70 pages.]


Fullan, M. 2001. Leading in a Culture of Change. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
> Reviews, description, ordering


Ginwright, S., and T. James. 2002. “From Assets to Agents of Change: Social Justice, Organizing, and Youth Development.” In Youth Participation: Improving Institutions and Communities, edited by B. Kirschner, J. L. O'Donoghue, and M.W. McLaughlin. New Directions for Youth Leadership, no. 96. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
> Issue editor's notes PDF, description, ordering


Goldring, E. B. 1990. “Elementary School Principals as Boundary Spanners: Their Engagement with Parents,” Journal of Educational Administration 28:53-62.


Gordon, E.W., and B. Bridglall. 2005. “The Challenge, Context, and Preconditions of Academic Development at High Levels.” In Supplementary Education: The Hidden Curriculum of High Academic Achievement, edited by E.W. Gordon, B. Bridglall, and A. S. Meroe. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
> Description, ordering


Heckman, P. E.,W. R. Scull, and S. Conley. 1996. “Conflict and Consensus: The Bitter and Sweet in a Community-School Coalition.” In Coordination among Schools, Families, and Communities: Prospects for Educational Reform, edited by J. G. Cibulka and W. J. Kritek, pp. 49-67. Albany: State University of New York Press.
> Book summary, table of contents, ordering


Henderson, A. T., and K. L. Mapp. 2002. A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement. Austin, TX: Southwest Educational Development Laboratory.
> Available as PDF [227 pages]


Hollister, C.D. 1979. “School Bureaucratization as a Response to Parents' Demands,” Urban Education 14:221-235.
> Scroll to abstract, PDF, references


Horvat, E. M., E. B.Weininger, and A. Lareau. 2003. “From Social Ties to Social Capital: Class Differences in the Relations between Schools and Parent Networks,” American Educational Research Journal 40, no. 2:319-351.


Johnson, S. M. 2004. Finders and Keepers: Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive in Our Schools. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
> Description, ordering


Kirsh, I., H. Braun, K. Yamamoto, and A. Sum. 2007. America's Perfect Storm: Three Forces Changing Our Nation's Future. Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
> Full report PDF, executive summary PDF, power point presentation


Marzano, R. J., T.Waters, and B. A. McNulty. 2005. School Leadership that Works: From Research to Results. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
> Preface, chapter 1, ordering


Noguera, P. 1996. “Confronting the Urban in Urban School Reform.” Urban Review 28:1-27.
> PDF available


Pollock, M. 2004. Colormute: Race Talk Dilemmas in an American School. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
> Description, ordering


Public Education Network and Education Week. 2002. Accountability for All: What Voters Want from Education Candidates. Washington, DC: Public Education Network.


Saegert, S., J. P. Thompson, and M. R.Warren, eds 2001. Social Capital and Poor Communities. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
> Description, table of contents, chapter 1, ordering


Simmons, W. 2007. “From Smart Districts to Smart Education Systems: A Broader Agenda for Educational Development.” In City Schools: How Districts and Communities Can Create Smart Education Systems, edited by R. Rothman. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education Press.
> Book description, reviews, ordering


Spillane, J. P. 2006. Distributed Leadership. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
> Description, ordering


Valencia, R. R., and M. S. Black. 2002. “‘Mexican Americans Don't Value Education!’: On the Basis of the Myth, Mythmaking, and Debunking,” Journal of Latinos and Education 1, no. 2:81-103.


Warren, M. R. 2005. “Communities and Schools: A New View of Urban Education Reform,” Harvard Educational Review 75:133-173.
> Abstract, excerpt link


Warren, M. R. 2001. Dry Bones Rattling: Community Building to Revitalize American Democracy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
> Full text available, ordering


Watts, R. J., N. C.Williams, and R. J. Jagers. 2003. “Sociopolitical Development,” American Journal of Community Psychology 31:185-194.




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