How Compatible Is Urban School Reform With The Neighborhood Revitalization?
How compatible is urban school reform with the neighborhood revitalization thrust, and how can revitalization efforts in urban communities support the work of the public school? Three perspectives frame the movement toward coordinated childrenu2019s services: a new sense of "ecology" that school, family, and community are vitally interdependent; a recognition of the need to build the "social capital" of families and communities; and a call to end the extensive fragmentation in service delivery. The community revitalization approach focuses on family self-sufficiency and independence through employment, a renewed encouragement of private investment in urban communities, and a locally or grassroots-driven strategy of action. Outreach to children and families is by no means incompatible with notions of community development through enterprise. Nevertheless, there are basic ingredients of the approaches that differ. The fundamental strength of coordinated services approaches is that they directly provide for the basic needs of low-income families. However, direct service programs also bear a history of "top-down" execution and professional-centeredness, rather than a focus on community needs and leadership. This history has meant that the call for parental involvement, long recognized as essential to childrenu2019s successful learning, has not translated into families being in comprehensive and equal partnership with schools. Megan Wilson is a teacher, life strategist, successful entrepreneur, inspirational keynote speaker and founder of https://Ebookscheaper.com. Megan champions a radical rethink of our school systems; she calls on educators to teach both intuition and logic to cultivate creativity and create bold thinkers. Source: https://ebookscheaper.com/2021/01/28/how-compatible-is-urban-school-reform-with-the-neighborhood-revitalization/
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