Including Families and Communities in Urban Education
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491_9781617353994
A volume in Issues in Urban EducationSeries Editors Denise E. Armstrong, Brock University and Brenda J. McMahon, Florida State UniversityThis book is intended to examine in depth the issues surrounding family and community involvement initially presentedin the book, Inclusion in Urban Educational Environments: Addressing Issues of Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice. Itcontributes to the ongoing conversations in academia as well as in the profession around effectively engaging all familiesin their childrens education, and building relationships with diverse community members around common educationalgoals. The book seeks to address issues related to structure, culture, and the agency of individuals and educational organizations.Structure refers to the external forces that impose upon and attempt to define social action, particularly, the institutionalarrangements that schools, families and communities have traditionally held in relationship to each other and to the district,state and federal government. Education is tied system of class relations that structures racism, classism and sexismin response to the desire of dominant groups to preserve their privilege and power. The consequence is the economic positionof low-income ethnic minority students, the population that we find most frequently in urban schools, is merely reproduced. Students and families from these backgroundsoften feel alienated and marginalized and thus unable to engage actively with schools that are viewed as representing the interests of the white middle class.Understanding the success and failures of school, family and community partnerships also demands an examination of the cultural factors that are involved. By lookingat culture, both that of the school and the community, we gain a better understanding of how the ideologies, beliefs and values held by the various constituents give riseto ideological conflicts that may impede collaborations. Partnerships are driven by the ind
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