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Valley Interfaith and school reform : organizing for power in South Texas

Title
Valley Interfaith and school reform : organizing for power in South Texas / Dennis Shirley.
Author
Shirley, Dennis, 1955-
Publication
Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

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Description
xxii, 151 pages : maps; 24 cm.
Summary
Publisher Fact Sheet
Series Statement
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Uniform Title
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture
Subject
  • Valley Interfaith (Organization)
  • Education > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
  • Educational change > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
  • Community and school > Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.)
  • Community and school
  • Education
  • Educational change
  • Social conditions
  • Chancengleichheit
  • Erziehung
  • Soziale Situation
  • Rio Grande Valley (Colo.-Mexico and Tex.) > Social conditions
  • North America > Rio Grande Valley
  • Rio-Grande-Tal
  • Chicanos
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-146) and index.
Contents
Introduction: Community Organizing in the Rio Grande Valley -- Ch. 1. Founding Valley Interfaith: The Origins of a Grassroots Organization -- Ch. 2. Parental Engagement at Palmer Elementary School -- Ch. 3. Contested Change at Alamo Middle School -- Ch. 4. Transforming Sam Houston Elementary School -- Ch. 5. The Challenges of Community Organizing and School Reform.
ISBN
  • 0292777647
  • 9780292777644
  • 0292777655
  • 9780292777651
LCCN
2001034789
OCLC
  • ocm47098559
  • 47098559
  • SCSB-1244618
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library