Discount Stores, Discount(ed) Community? Parent and Family Engagement, Community Outreach, and an Urban Turnaround School

《Discount Stores, Discount(ed) Community? Parent and Family Engagement, Community Outreach, and an Urban Turnaround School》

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关键字: urban education; educational reform; school improvement; INVOLVEMENT; LEADERSHIP; REFORM; EDUCATORS

作者单位: [Peck, Craig; Reitzug, Ulrich C.] Univ N Carolina, Educ Leadership, Greensboro, NC 27412 USA. Peck, C (reprint author), Univ N Carolina, Sch Educ Bldg, Rm 350,POB 26170, Greensboro, NC 27402 USA. E-Mail: c_peck@uncg.edu

摘要: What roles do parent and family engagement and community outreach play in educator efforts to improve low-performing urban schools? To address this question, we considered findings from our 3-year case study of Brookdale Elementary (a pseudonym), which was undergoing a state-mandated, district-directed turnaround reform effort from 2011 to 2014. Specifically, we investigated how and why school personnel engaged with and reacted to parents and families, community-based organizations, and the surrounding locale. In the end, the school's educators encountered complicated obstacles yet generated some tangible victories in their pursuit of productive school, parent/family, and community connections. We conclude by considering implications of our findings.