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Gehring, John – Education Week, 2004
In Baltimore, Chicago, New York, Oakland, California and Philadelphia, to name a few cities where it has been active, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has emerged as a major player in K-12 in education issues. Its army of organizers has tackled everything from a lack of stop signs to such vexing issues as teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Improvement, Community Organizations, Educational Change