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ERIC Number: EJ1036207
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 5
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 5
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0031-7217
Being the Change: An Inner City School Builds Peace
Curry, Marnie W.
Phi Delta Kappan, v95 n4 p23-27 Dec 2013-Jan 2014
This article describes an urban high school's response to gun violence, chronicling how the school's mission, full-service community orientation, and commitment to authentic cariño (caring) allowed students to respond to grief and tragedy and develop an ongoing peace building movement that seeks to transform students' lives and the communities surrounding them.
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Violence, Caring, Grief, Peace, Program Descriptions, Coping, School Community Programs, Community Schools, Change Strategies, Institutional Mission
Phi Delta Kappa International. 408 North Union Street, P.O. Box 789, Bloomington, IN 47402. Tel: 800-766-1156; Fax: 812-339-0018; e-mail: orders@pdkintl.org; Web site: http://www.pdkintl.org/publications/pubshome.htm
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: California