{"product_id":"the-power-in-the-room-jay-gillen-9780807064542","title":"The Power in the Room: Radical Education Through Youth Organizing and Employment","description":"\u003cb\u003eHow community-centered, peer-to-peer, youth knowledge exchanges are evolving into a strong economic and political foundation on which to build radical public education.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing in the rich traditions in African American cooperative economic and educational thought, teacher-organizer Jay Gillen describes the Baltimore Algebra Project (BAP) as a youth-run cooperative enterprise in which young people direct their peers' and their own learning for a wage. BAP and similar enterprises are creating an educational network of empowered, employed students. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGillen argues that this is a proactive political, economic, and educational structure that builds relationships among and between students and their communities. It's a structure that meets communal needs--material and social, economic and political--both now and in the future. Through the story of the Baltimore Algebra Project, readers will learn why youth employment is a priority, how to develop democratic norms and cultures, how to foster positive community roles for 20-30 year-olds, and how to implement educational accountability from below.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jay Gillen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807064548\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807064542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/2019 pg. 1","brand":"Jay Gillen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947248287999,"sku":"9780807064542","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_fd84087d-c84c-4788-857d-bf9b2c9a2590.jpg?v=1681517590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-power-in-the-room-jay-gillen-9780807064542","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}