Keresty, Barbara.
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c1998.
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- Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-88).
- For the past two decades, virtually no public education program in this country has been able to get out from under the specter of budget cuts, shifting demographics, and the winds of political change. You Can Make a Difference tells the story of one that did. In concert with Regie Routman’s call to action in Literacy at the Crossroads (Heinemann, 1996), this book offers both inspiration and practical instruction. It begins with step-by-step advice for implementing a program, then explores the subsequent phases of maintaining and restoring it. Along the way, we learn how to organize colleagues, garner parent support, lobby school boards and legislators, secure funding, cultivate media ties, evaluate effectiveness, build coalitions, and more.
- Written from the real-life perspective of real teachers, it is a useful guide for educators, parents, administrators, curriculum coordinators, union members, and anyone involved in the grassroots politics of education. Even accidental activists will find encouragement.
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