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Cohen, Jody; Martino Golden, Marissa; Quinn, Rand; Simon, Elaine – American Journal of Education, 2018
In recent decades, changes to the education policy landscape have made local public engagement more difficult. Among these changes are increased centralization of policy making, the rise of school choice, and mayoral and state takeovers of urban school districts. Philadelphia is at the vanguard of these changes. We discuss how community-based…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Centralization
Gold, Eva; Simon, Elaine; Peralta, Renata – Research For Action, 2013
Research about education organizing has proliferated during the past decade, generating an increasingly rich collection of case studies, national surveys, and other analyses. Research for Action (RFA) has been among those engaged in this work and has drawn on its previous efforts - as well as the knowledge built by community organizing groups and…
Descriptors: Educational Indicators, Community Organizations, Educational Change, Public Education