Working for Equity through Community Connections

Dear Readers

Letters from Victor Cary, Community Partnership Academy & Bay Area Coalition of Equitable Schools, Co-Director, and Jill Davidson, Horace editor.

Feature Articles

Oakland's Community Propels Change for Equity: The Small Schools Initiative's History and Challenges
by Jill Davidson

Example: Eleven Stuctural Guidelines for Small Schools Concerned with Equity and Excellence (and One Warning)
from The Bay Area of Equitable Schools

Small Is Not Enough: Daily Connections Among Children and Adults in Oakland's New Small Schools
by Jill Davidson

The Ideas of the Body: Parents and Teachers Create Urban Promise Academy
by Jill Davidson

Book Reviews

The Light in their Eyes: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities
by Sonia Nieto

Crossing Over to Canaan: The Journey of New Teachers in Civerse Classrooms
by Gloria Ladson-Billings

Where to Go for More:

Resources for Exploring Collaborative Leadership

Afterword

Creating ASCEND
by Emma Paulino