ERIC Number: EJ1025927
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
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The Space Between: Building Liberatory Capital in a School-Community Partnership
Timm, Chad William
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v27 n3 p308-329 2014
Even before withstanding one of the most devastating economic crises in American history, families living in poverty have battled a dominant discourse that labels them as lacking personal responsibility, initiative, and the ability to make "good" choices. This discourse is reflected in the parent-involvement mandates of the No Child Left Behind Act, where parents living in poverty are expected to sign contracts promising to take a more active role in the education of their children. This study describes what it looked like when a grassroots, Community Based Organization (CBO) dedicated to speaking back to this dominant discourse partnered with an urban public school system to simultaneously help families leave poverty and improve the academic success of their children. This paper illustrates what it looks like when families living in poverty speak back to the dominant discourse, seek validation for their non-dominant discourses, and enter a potentially liberating Third Space between.
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, School Community Relationship, Social Capital, Community Organizations, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Poverty, Academic Achievement, Intervention, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Social Change, Social Attitudes, Program Development, Meetings, Change Strategies, Empowerment, Cultural Capital, Advocacy, Skill Development, Social Bias, Minority Groups, Individual Development, Elementary Schools, Ethnography, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: No Child Left Behind Act 2001; Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act
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