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Digital Networking for School Reform

The Online Grassroots Efforts of Parent and Teacher Activists

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  • © 2014

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Editors:
  1. Alison Heron-Hruby

    1. Morehead State University, USA

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  2. Melanie Landon-Hays

    1. Division of Teacher Education, Western Oregon University, USA

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Part of the book series: Digital Education and Learning (DEAL)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Critical Digital Literacies and the Struggle over What’s Common

    • George L. Boggs, Trevor Thomas Stewart
    Pages 1-13

  3. Getting the Attention of the White House: Using Facebook to Promote Teacher Knowledge about School Reform

    • Anthony Cody
    Pages 14-22

  4. United Opt Out National and the Resistance of High-Stakes Standardized Testing

    • Shaun Johnson, Tim Slekar
    Pages 23-35

  5. Beginning at the Blog: Moving from Kitchen-Table Plans to National Political Activism Using Digital Narratives

    • Dora Taylor
    Pages 36-47

  6. Fighting Testing Madness in Charlotte, North Carolina

    • Pamela Grundy
    Pages 48-62

  7. In Closing—The Potential of Current Grassroots Efforts for Effecting Sustainable Change: A Socio-historical Perspective on Making a Difference

    • J. Spencer Clark, Alison Heron-Hruby, Melanie Landon-Hays
    Pages 63-74

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 75-77
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About this book

Presenting school reform grassroots activists - teachers, parents, and organizers alike - in their own words, the editors document the newly emerged role of digital networks of activists in school reform and analyze their efforts as acts of critical literacy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Morehead State University, USA

    Alison Heron-Hruby

  • Division of Teacher Education, Western Oregon University, USA

    Melanie Landon-Hays

About the editors

George L. Boggs, Florida State University, USA J. Spencer Clark, Utah State University, USA Anthony Cody, Teachers Lead, USA Pamela Grundy, USA Shaun Johnson, USA Timothy Sklar, Edgewood College, USA Trevor Stewart, Appalachian State University, USA Dora Taylor, USA

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