A new conception of parent engagement: Community organizing for school reform

The SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership: Advances in Theory, Research, and Practice, First Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 237-268

  Gold, Eva ^c   Simon, Elaine ^a   Brown, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781412976091.n11     Document Type: Chapter

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