Black Power/White Power in Public Education

According to master-politician Thomas Tip O'Neill, all politics is local. Edwards and Willie demonstrate the efficacy of local community action, but also show how linkage with state, regional, and national agencies helps groups in their efforts to shape educational policy and practice.

Edwards and Willie examine the notion of critical mass and its relationship to community decision making. They also analyze the assets and liabilities of coalition politics. They show that specific population groups dominant in one season, and for selected circumstances, may become subdominant at another time. Such change and flexibility, they assert, is beneficial for the total community, because no one group is able to maintain control indefinitely. Their analysis will be of considerable interest to scholars, policymakers, and administrators dealing with public education issues, as well as to parents and concerned citizens.

List of contents

Introduction: The Efficacy of Local Community Action
The Hiring and Firing of Laval Wilson, Boston's First African American Superintendent of Schools
The Case of an Elected Versus an Appointed School Committee
Conclusion: Making Alliances and Building Coalitions
Index

About the author

Ralph Edwards, Charles V. Willie

Product details

• Authors: Ralph Edwards, Edwards Ralph, Charles Willie, Willie Charles V.
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.1998
• EAN: 9780275962012
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96201-2
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; USA, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Social issues & processes, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Social and ethical issues, Black & Asian Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Current Events and Issues: Education