An activist handbook for the education revolution : United Opt Out's test of courage

• Other Authors: McDermott McNulty, Morna (Editor), Robertson, Peggy (Editor), Jensen, Rosemarie (Editor), Smith, Ceresta (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing Inc., [2015]
• Subjects: United Opt Out (Organization); Privatization in education > United States.; Public schools > United States.; Education > Testing & Measurement.; Educational administration and organization.; Education: examinations and assessment.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806611751
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-62396-934-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 197 pages) : illustrations

This book is intended for educators, parents and community activists interested in reclaiming our public schools and reclaiming the public narrative around education policy. The book infuses research about the recent history of education policy reform, the strategies United Opt Out uses for fighting...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword / Ricardo Rosa
• Introduction / Peg Robertson
• Chapter 1. Predators, colonizers, and corporate-model reform / Morna McDermott
• Chapter 2. Who we are / Morna McDermott
• Chapter 3. Changing the narrative / Ceresta Smith
• Chapter 4. Occupy this / Peg Robertson
• Chapter 5. Taking action / Shaun Johnson, Ceresta Smith, and Morna McDermott
• Chapter 6. Every narrative has a lens: The value of social justice / Ceresta Smith and Morna McDermott
• Chapter 7. A case study in reform failure: The inconvenient truth / Ruth Rodriguez
• Chapter 8. Strategizing 101 / Laurie Murphy
• Chapter 9. Where do we go from here / Tim Slekar
• Chapter 10. Conclusion / Rosemarie Jensen
• Appendix.