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- Title
Is it wrong for us to want good things? The origins of Gompers Charter Middle School.
- Authors
Mehan, Hugh B.; Chang, Gordon C.
- Abstract
This paper documents the initial process by which a San Diego middle school, located in a low-income and predominantly Hispanic neighborhood and repeatedly failing to meet No Child Left Behind provisions, restructured into an academically rigorous, detracked charter school. The discussion of the political experience and working relationships between the charter organizers, the school district, and its superintendent illustrate the often contentious process of community mobilization and deliberation. The involvement of faculty from the University of California San Diego and community groups as contributing partners enhances our understanding of the creation of educational reforms or the transformation of passion into practice.
- Subjects
SAN Diego (Calif.); CALIFORNIA; UNITED States; MIDDLE schools; CHARTER schools; EDUCATIONAL change; UNIVERSITY of San Diego; ORGANIZATIONAL change; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
Journal of Educational Change, 2011, Vol 12, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1389-2843
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10833-010-9139-5