The Full-Service Community School Movement: Lessons from the James Adams Community School

In the wake of stringent public school accountability standards, educators are forced to address persistent "achievement gaps" in new ways. Concomitantly, there is growing acknowledgement that factors external to schools critically influence academic success. Full-service community schools attempt to narrow "gaps" by convening comprehensive networks, yet, this contemporary movement also reminds us, "there is nothing new under the sun". This book contributes to the educational and socio-historical lexicon through an examination of a segregated school exemplifying contemporary "best practices" instructive on multiple levels to schools in the twenty-first century.

Author: J. Richardson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/01/2009
Pages: 202
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780230618480

About the Author
JEANITA W. RICHARDSON is Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Virginia State University, USA.