What Are the Characteristics of Community Organizing for School Reform?
Based on a survey of 200 groups engaged in community organizing for school reform, the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform and its partner organizations identified the following characteristics of community organizing groups (Gold, Simon, & Brown, 2002a, p. 12): • “They work to change public schools to make them more equitable and effective for all students.” • “They build a large base of members who take collective action to further their agenda.” • “They build relationships and collective responsibility by identifying shared concerns among neighborhood residents and creating alliances and coalitions that cross neighborhood and institutional boundaries.” • “They develop leadership among community residents to carry out agendas that the membership determines through a democratic governance structure.” • “They use the strategies of adult education, civic participation, public action, and negotiation to build power for residents of low- to moderate-income communities that results
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