Recent Publications by Elaine Simon
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A New Conception of Parent Engagement: Community Organizing for School Reform
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Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System – Executive Summary
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Looking for Indicators of the Impact of Community Organizing for School Reform
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Reframing Accountability for Urban Schools: Efforts from the Ground Up to Improve Public Education
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Communicating Evaluation Findings as a Process: The Case for Delayed Gratification
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Getting to Outcomes: A User’s Guide to a Revised Indicators Framework for Education Organizing
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Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Schools: Successful Community Organizing for School Reform
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Time to Engage? Civic Participation in Philadelphia’s School Reform
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An Evaluation of the Science Resource Leaders Program
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Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Schools: Successful Community Organizing for School Reform – Executive Summary
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Philadelphia Story: Building Civic Capacity for School Reform in a Privatizing System
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Networking Across Boundaries of Place, Culture, and Role: A Report for the Bread Loaf Rural Teacher Network Funded by the Dewitt-Wallace Reader’s Digest Foundation
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Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Schools: The Education Organizing Indicators Framework: A User’s Guide
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Public Education in Philadelphia: The Crucial Need for Civic Capacity in a Privatized Environment
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Reforming Alone: Barriers to Organizational Learning in Urban School Change Initiatives
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Reframing Accountability for Urban Public Schools
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Making Sense of Standards: Implementation Issues and the Impact on Teacher Practice
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Bringing Community Organizing into the School Reform Picture
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Bringing a Public Voice to the School Governance Debate: The Campaign for Better Schools and Mayoral Control in New York City (Executive Summary)
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Bringing a Public Voice to the School Governance Debate: The Campaign for Better Schools and Mayoral Control in New York City (Year One Report)
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Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Schools: Appendix: Case Studies
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Locating Local Education Funds: A Conceptual Framework for Describing LEF’s Contribution to Public Education
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Bringing a Public Voice to the School Governance Debate: The Campaign for Better Schools and Mayoral Control in New York City (Year Two Report)
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Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Schools: Case Study: Alliance Organizing Project
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Meanings of Cultural Participation at the Neighborhood Level: A Focus Group Analysis
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Challenges to Freshman Year Interventions in Philadelphia
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Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Schools: Case Study: Austin Interfaith
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Crafting a Civic Stage for Public Education Reform: Understanding the Work and Accomplishments of Local Education Funds
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Transition to High School: School ‘Choice’ and Freshman Year in Philadelphia
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Strong Neighborhoods, Strong Schools: Case Study: New York ACORN
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Cultural Leaders’ Reflections on Cultural Participation and Preliminary Research
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Uneven Playing Field: Demographic Differences and High School ‘Choice’ in Philadelphia
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