Education Organizing

Fall 2003 Tu/Th 10-11:30a.m. mark_warren@harvard.edu 447 Gutman Library office hours: TBA Staff Asst.: Melita Garrett 454 Gutman Library melita_garrett@gse.harvard.edu Course Description This course will focus on the role of community organizing in fostering school change. We will examine the large range of ways community groups and schools are promoting the active engagement of participants to improve education – whether that be parents, teachers, community residents, students, or the public at large. Within that context, we will examine efforts to foster collaborations among and between a wide array of stakeholders in education, including community organizations, school personnel, school system administration, unions,…