How Communities Build Stronger Schools: Stories, Strategies, and Promising Pract

Description: How Communities Build Stronger Schools by A. Dodd, J. Konzal Not content with the idea of a school being contained within four walls and existing only for a few hours every day, Dodd and Konzal know that a school which looks after the complete child exists far beyond its four walls and for the whole 24 hours in each day. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description If it takes a village to raise a child, Anne Wescott Dodd and Jean L. Konzal feel that it takes a community to make a school. Not content with the idea of a school being contained within four walls and existing only for a few hours every day, Dodd and Konzal know that a school which looks after the complete child exists far beyond its four walls and for the whole 24 hours in each day. They present a radical democratic vision of the public school where everyone not just students, teachers and parents plays a part in shaping our children and, consequently, our future. Author Biography ANNE WESCOTT DODD is the Chair of the Education Department at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. For fifiteen years she taught English, Social Studies, and Conversational French at two junior high schools in California and English at four senior high schools in Maine. She is the co-editor of the Journal of Maine Education, which has won several national awards for excellence.JEAN L. KONZAL is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, New Jersey. She has worked as a teacher, a reading specialist, and a state consultant on issues of educational reform in both urban and rural settings. Table of Contents Introduction PART ONE: PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TODAY: CHALLENGES AND PROBLEMS Why Parents, Educators, and Community Members Must Work Together Relationship: Tensions and Limitations From Confrontation to Conversation: The Story of the South Wellington Parents Special-Education Group Conflict about School Change: The Story of Springfield Regional High School PART TWO: BEYOND PARENT INVOLVEMENT: CONNECTING HOME, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY Changing the Paradigm: The Home-School-Community Relationship as Synergistic Getting Started: Building a Foundation of Trust and Respect PART THREE: MOVING CLOSER TO THE NEW PARADIGM: PROFILES AND PRACTICES A Place Where Everybody Knows Your Name: A Profile of Greenbrook Elementary School Creating a Community of Difference: A Profile of Crossroads Middle School Linking Home, School, and Community: A Sampling of Strategies and Practices Rethinking What it Takes to Educate All Children Review ...solidly developed, and workable strategies are offered. Highly recommended. - W. L. McKinney, Choice Promotional Springer Book Archives Review Quote ...solidly developed, and workable strategies are offered. Highly recommended. - W. L. McKinney, Choice Details ISBN1349632236 Author J. Konzal Language English ISBN-10 1349632236 ISBN-13 9781349632237 Format Paperback Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Short Title HOW COMMUNITIES BUILD STRONGER Media Book DEWEY 371.19 Year 2003 Publication Date 2003-05-02 Edition 1st Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Subtitle Stories, Strategies, and Promising Practices for Educating Every Child Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Pages 347 AU Release Date 2003-05-02 NZ Release Date 2003-05-02 UK Release Date 2003-05-02 Illustrations XX, 347 p. Edition Description 1st ed. 2002 Alternative 9780312238919 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:130771300;

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