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Childress, Stacey M., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2010
For nearly two decades, education entrepreneurs have been working to transform the K-12 public education system in the United States. "Social entrepreneurship" has become part of the language of a new generation of idealists, many of whom are focused on education. The nineteen cases in this book profile entrepreneurs who are pursuing…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Social Change, Public Agencies, Educational Opportunities
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Tillman, Linda C. – Journal of School Public Relations, 2004
The "Brown v. Board of Education" decision defined public education for African Americans in the United States. In this article I discuss the tradition of African American parental involvement in the pre-"Brown" era, challenges to parental involvement in a post-"Brown" era, and a parental involvement initiative in an…
Descriptors: African American Students, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Parent School Relationship