Building civic capacity

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The authors of this volume argue that urban education is in urgent need of reform and that, although there have been plenty of innovative and even promising attempts to improve conditions, most have been doomed. The reason for this, they agree, lies in the failure of our major cities to develop their "civic capacity"--The ability to build and maintain a broad social and political coalition across all sectors of the urban community in pursuit of a common goal.

subjects: Community and school,  Urban Education,  Case studies,  School improvement programs,  Local government policies,  Organization & management of education,  Urban communities,  United States,  Political aspects,  Education / Teaching,  Urban Sociology,  Education And The State,  General,  Education,  Social Science,  USA,  Educational Policy & Reform,  Teaching Methods & Materials - General,  Education, Urban,  City Planning & Urban Development,  Political Science,  Sociology - Urban,  Public Policy - City Planning & Urban Dev.,  Enseignement,  Relations école-collectivité,  Gemeinde,  Réforme,  Enseignement en milieu urbain,  Schulreform,  Education, united states

Places: United States