Resisting reform : reclaiming public education through grassroots activism

• Other Authors: VanSlyke-Briggs, Kjersti (Editor), Bloom, Elizabeth A., 1963- (Editor), Boudet, Danielle (Editor), Ohanian, Susan (writer of afterword.)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, [2015]
• Subjects: Educational change > United States.; Education > Aims and objectives > United States.; Education and state > United States.; Education > Political aspects > United States.; Public schools > United States.; Education > Aims and objectives.; Education and state.; Education > Political aspects.; Educational change.; Public schools.; United States.; Education > Educational Policy & Reform > General.; Educational strategies and policy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611430
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-68123-083-2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 317 pages)

This book is a poignant celebration of grassroots empowerment as our contributors, people who just a short time ago thought of themselves as ordinary citizens, document their call to action when their children and their profession are on the line. Practicing teachers and parents who see the direct i...