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Friday, January 6, 2012

Schools Matter: Community Organizing as a Catylyst for Educational Reform

Schools Matter: Community Organizing as a Catylyst for Educational Reform:

Community Organizing as a Catylyst for Educational Reform

Despite outpourings (here and here) of student and faculty support and almost universal acclaim for Mark Warren's teaching, scholarship, and service, the silverbacks of Harvard's Graduate School of CorporateEducation decided last year they did not need another internationally-acclaimed scholar in the area of social justice education. Before Dr. Warren moves on to where his valuable work is appreciated, however, he is hosting what looks like one terrific conference:

The Community Organizing and School Reform Conference will bring community organizers, education researchers, youth, educators, funders and other stakeholders together to discuss the contributions of community organizing to school