{"product_id":"democratic-dilemmas-julie-a-marsh-9780791471289","title":"Democratic Dilemmas: Joint Work, Education Politics, and Community","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eExplores how to engage citizens in the process of educational improvement.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on three years of field research and extensive theoretical and empirical literature, Democratic Dilemmas chronicles the day-to-day efforts of educators and laypersons working together to advance student learning in two California school districts. Julie A. Marsh reveals how power, values, organizational climates, and trust played key roles in these two districts achieving vastly different results. In one district, parents, citizens, teachers, and administrators effectively developed and implemented districtwide improvement strategies; in the other, community and district leaders unsuccessfully attempted to improve systemwide accountability through dialogue. The book highlights the inherent tensions of deliberative democracy, competing notions of representation, limitations of current conceptions of educational accountability, and the foundational importance of trust to democracy and education reform. It further provides a framework for improving community-educator collaboration and lessons for policy and practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie A. Marsh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0791471284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791471289\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.95h x 6.32w x 0.59d","brand":"Julie A. Marsh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453389025535,"sku":"9780791471289","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6f493e97-e526-4b17-a3f0-9b4c7cc153c8.jpg?v=1777299988","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/democratic-dilemmas-julie-a-marsh-9780791471289","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}