Overview

This book examines a high school that sought to increase student participation in its reform process.

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Author:   Dana L. Mitra
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.336kg
ISBN:  

9780791473191

ISBN 10:   0791473198
Pages:   142
Publication Date:   13 February 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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...an engaging testimony to the possibility for positive youth-adult partnership in challenged urban schools ... The book offers valuable insights for practitioners, researchers, and community members interested in positive youth development, youth-adult partnerships, or urban school reform ... Thoughtful and engaging, a recommended read. - The Prevention Researcher ...[Student Voice in School Reform] presents a general structure and rationale for implementing a means of including students in determining their own destiny in their schools. - CHOICE This is a closely detailed, well-organized case of student voice drawn from extensive time in the field. The story is carefully told and represents an important advance for scholars and their students. Dana Mitra has done a fine job of integrating description, student voice, and theory. - Steven Jay Gross, author of Promises Kept: Sustaining School and District Leadership in a Turbulent Era

"""...an engaging testimony to the possibility for positive youth-adult partnership in challenged urban schools ... The book offers valuable insights for practitioners, researchers, and community members interested in positive youth development, youth-adult partnerships, or urban school reform ... Thoughtful and engaging, a recommended read."" - The Prevention Researcher ""...[Student Voice in School Reform] presents a general structure and rationale for implementing a means of including students in determining their own destiny in their schools."" - CHOICE ""This is a closely detailed, well-organized case of student voice drawn from extensive time in the field. The story is carefully told and represents an important advance for scholars and their students. Dana Mitra has done a fine job of integrating description, student voice, and theory."" - Steven Jay Gross, author of Promises Kept: Sustaining School and District Leadership in a Turbulent Era"

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Dana L. Mitra is Assistant Professor of Education at Penn State at University Park.

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