Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed committed to their neighborhoods and who have seen the moral imperative to provide equal opportunity to all students. This book shares their experiences, particularly looking at community-based schools in urban, impoverished, or immigrant communities--communities that often are disconnected from the political and economic centers of the country.
Pages
160
Format
ebook
Publisher
Lexington Books
Release
October 19, 2016
ISBN
1498521754
ISBN 13
9781498521758
Creating Engagement Between Schools and Their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders
Creating Engagement between Schools and their Communities: Lessons from Educational Leaders addresses how educational leaders have made efforts to reconnect their schools to their communities and the varied goals they achieved. The contributors of this book are educational leaders who have stayed committed to their neighborhoods and who have seen the moral imperative to provide equal opportunity to all students. This book shares their experiences, particularly looking at community-based schools in urban, impoverished, or immigrant communities--communities that often are disconnected from the political and economic centers of the country.