Cornell
University
Press, 248 pages
Streetwise for Book Smarts is a completely
novel and provocative take on an extremely
important topic... This book should be read by
community organizers, foundation officers, and
policy makers as well as political scientists,
sociologists, urban anthropologists, and scholars
of community organizing.
—Dennis Shirley, author of Valley Interfaith and School Reform: Organizing for Power in South Texas
—Dennis Shirley, author of Valley Interfaith and School Reform: Organizing for Power in South Texas
New
York
University Press, 304 pages
Our Schools Suck
The student voices in this striking book are an intervention into the adult-driven stereotypes of urban youth. The students offer stories of anger, challenge and hope. We all need to pay attention to these voices, and act on the corrective lessons they provide.
—Jean Anyon, author of Radical Possibilities: Public Policy, Urban Education, and A New Social Movement