Zavala, M. (2014). Organizing against the neo-liberal privatization of education in South Los Angeles: Reflection on the transformative potential of grassroots research. Forthcoming Journal of Curriculum Thinking, 29(2). |
This article is a study on the development of a grass roots teacher led group and their participation in action research to determine the benefits or disadvantages of charter school takeover for their school. The author demonstrates the process of education for group members as they organize, plan and strategize for campaign development for their organization.
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Gutstein, E. Developing social justice mathematics curriculum from students' realities. |
A Social Justice High School in Chicago is faced with possible boundary changes to satisfy pre-existing sanctions. This will result is some African Americans being removed from the school. As a result of public protests, mathematics teachers propose a project which requires students to pursue the statistics and probability of enrollments based on proposed changes.
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