The Promise of School Reform in Urban Communities: From Desegregation to Promise Neighborhoods

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

The purpose of this invited session is to examine the politics and promise of education reform in urban school communities within the context of the U.S. Department of Education’s Promise Neighborhoods Program. Grounded in the education research literature that suggests that neighborhood and other out-of-school factors (i.e., household income, access to health care, safety, etc.) impact student learning and academic achievement, two questions guide this session: (1) What purposes and values inform the Promise Neighborhoods Program model and this federal policy shift from school desegregation efforts to neighborhood-based education reform in urban schools? and (2) What steps, activities, and processes do local community partners engage in to plan, implement, and sustain a Promise Neighborhood designed to improve student achievement?

Sub Unit

• Division A - Administration / Division A - Administration, Organization, and Leadership

Chair

• RoSusan D. Bartee, The University of Mississippi

Participants

• Sonya Douglass Horsford, University of Nevada - Las Vegas

• Charles M. Payne, University of Chicago

• Daniel M. Miller, North Carolina A&T State University

• Martin Scanlan, Marquette University

Discussant

• Linda C. Tillman, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill