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Reforming Schools: Working within a Progressive Tradition during Conservative Times »

Authors: Jesse Goodman, Andrew Gitlin
ISBN-13: 9780791467954, ISBN-10: 0791467953
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Date Published: July 2006
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Jesse Goodman

Jesse Goodman is Professor of Education and American Studies at Indiana University at Bloomington and the author of Elementary Schooling for Critical Democracy, also published by SUNY Press.

Book Synopsis

Portrays the progressive school reform work of the Harmony Education Center over a 12-year period.

1	The times in which we work : the conservative restoration	1
2	Creating a progressive educational organization : Harmony Education Center in its historical context	23
3	The local politics of educational reform : issues of school autonomy	39
4	Constructing a democratic foundation for school-based reform discourse	55
5	Addressing the conservative agenda : discourses of school-based reform	81
6	Conclusion : reflections from the field	99