Grassroots Charter Schools and Community Engagement: Why Individuals Get Involved

• In Event: 29.057 - School Choice in Parent and Community Contexts

Abstract

Beginning from an assumption that effective and equitable family and community engagement is an unrealized promise for many charter schools, this multi-case study explores the work of two charter schools in New Orleans. Nineteen educators, parents, and board members between two schools were interviewed to answer the question: Why do individuals get involved in the creation of start-up charter schools?

Authors

• Joseph L. Boselovic, Independent Researcher

• Brian Robert Beabout, The University of New Orleans