Learning Power: Organizing for Education and Justice (John Dewey Lecture Series)

* Grassroots public activism informed by social inquiry as the best way to realize Brown v. Board of EducationÂ’s promise of "education on equal terms."
* Activist young people, teachers, parents, and community organizations working to improve schools in our nationÂ’s poorest neighborhoods.
* The voices, images, and actions of people who are organizing to fight for better schools.
* A comprehensive critique of the prevailing logic of American schooling and an alternative logic based on justice and participatory democracy.

Here are the best arguments against those who want to give up on public schools in America. Read Learning Power for clear examples of how ordinary people can influence schooling through their organizing and social critique.