Democracy Helpline

Library: Bibliography

Issues -- schools and education

  • Berman, Sheldon H., "Teaching Civics: A Call to Action," Principal Leadership, September 2004.
  • Borut, Donald, Anne Bryant, and Paul Houston, "Conflict or Consensus? Why Collaboration Between Cities and Schools Is the Key to Reform," EdWeek, September 21, 2005.
  • "Chicago Local School Councils Run Short of Candidates," IASB School Board News Bulletin, April, 2004.
  • Comer, James, "Parent Participation in the Schools," Phi Delta Kappan, February 1986.
  • "Conducting School Report Night," Rhode Island Department of Education, School Accountability for Learning and Teaching (SALT) Leadership Team, 1997.
  • Elmore, R.F., Building a New Structure for School Leadership (Washington, DC: Albert Shanker Institute, 2000).
  • "Engaging Public Support for Teachers' Professional Development," National Education Association Foundation for the Improvement of Education, 2000.
  • Epstein, Joyce, and Lori Connors, Trust Fund: School, Family and Community Partnerships in High Schools (Boston, MA: Center on Families, Communities, Schools, and Children's Learning, 1992).
  • Fanselow, Julie, Kansas City, Kansas: Where Neighborhood Voices Lead to Better Solutions (Pomfret, CT: Paul J. Aicher Foundation, 2004).
  • Fanselow, Julie, Vermont: Where Deep-rooted Democratic Traditions Open the Way for Study Circles (Pomfret, CT: Paul J. Aicher Foundation, 2005).
  • Gambone, Michelle Alberti, Adena M. Klem, William P. Moore, and Jean Ann Summers, First Things First: Creating the Conditions and Capacity for Community-wide Reform in an Urban School District (Philadelphia: Gambone & Associates, January 2002).
  • Hamilton, Mary, "Focus for Success," Public Administration Times, November 2003.
  • Hansen, Marc, "School Board vs. The World," Des Moines Register, July 16, 2005.
  • Kimpton, Jeffrey S., and Jonathan Considine, "The Tough Sledding of District-led Engagement," School Administrator, September 1999.
  • Kimpton, Jeffrey, and Marcia Sharp, "Reasons for Hope, Voices for Change," Annenberg Institute for School Reform, 1998.
  • Kleinz, Karen, "Engaging the Public in the Public Schools," Focus on Study Circles, Spring 2000.
  • Leighninger, Matt, "Marrying Citizens and Educators in Decision Making," School Administrator, October 2005.
  • Leighninger, Matt, "Working with the Public on Big Decisions," School Administrator, November 2003.
  • Leverett, Larry, "Warriors to Advance Equity: An Argument for Distributing Leadership," Spotlight on Student Success, 2002.
  • Mathews, David, Is There a Public for the Public Schools? (Dayton, OH: Kettering Foundation, 1997).
  • Meier, Deborah, "The Road to Trust," American School Board Journal, September 2003.
  • Molland, Judy, "Parents Are Going Beyond Bake Sales to Help Support Public Education," Parenthood.com, January 2004.
  • Moore, Donald R., and Gail Merritt, Chicago's Local School Councils: What the Research Says (Chicago: Designs for Change, 2002).
  • Nagda, Biren, "Description of Inglewood, California," Report to the Study Circles Best Practices Project, 2000.
  • Pan, Diane, and Sue Mutchler, "Calling the Roll: Study Circles for Better Schools," Report of the Southwest Education Development Laboratory, 2000.
  • Paulson, Amanda, "Chicago Hope: Maybe This Will Work," Christian Science Monitor, September 21, 2004.
  • Puriefoy, Wendy, "Linking Communities and Effective Learning Environments," Voices in Urban Education, Fall 2003.
  • Puriefoy, Wendy, "Why the Public is Losing Faith in the 'No Child' Law," EdWeek, June 8, 2005.
  • Resnick, Michael, Communities Count: A School Board Guide to Public Engagement (Alexandria, VA: National School Boards Association, 2000).
  • Schenkat, Randy, Quality Connections: Transforming Schools Through Total Quality Management (Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1993).
  • Sullivan, Elizabeth, Civil Society and School Accountability (New York: NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2003).
  • Useem, Elizabeth, "From the Margins to the Center of School Reform: A Look at the Work of Local Education Funds in Seventeen Communities," Public Education Network Research Series Number 1, 1999.
  • Voke, Heather, "Engaging the Public in its Schools," Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, July 2002.
  • Wagner, Tony, How Schools Change (Boston: Beacon Press, 1994).