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From headlines to documentaries, urban schools are at the center of current debates about education. From these accounts, one would never know that 51 million Americans live in rural communities and depend on their public schools to meet not only educational but also social and economic needs. For many communities, these schools are the ties that bind. Why Rural Schools Matter shares the untold story of rural education. Drawing upon extensive research in two southern towns, Mara Tieken exposes the complicated ways in which schools shape the racial dynamics of their towns and sustain the communities that surround them. The growing power of the state, however, brings the threat of rural school closure, which jeopardizes the education of children and the future of communities. With a nuanced understanding of the complicated relationship between communities and schools, Tieken warns us that current education policies--which narrow schools' purpose to academic achievement alone--endanger rural America and undermine the potential of a school, whether rural or urban, to sustain a community. Vividly demonstrating the effects of constricted definitions of public education in an era of economic turmoil and widening inequality, Tieken calls for a more contextual approach to education policymaking, involving both state and community.

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Social class is often seen as an intractable barrier to success, yet a number of children from disadvantaged backgrounds still manage to show resilience and succeed against the odds. This book presents the findings from fifty Child and Family Case Studies (CFCS) conducted with 13-16 year olds. The authors look specifically at the roles that people and experiences - at home, in schools and in the wider community - have played in the learning life-courses of these children; how these factors have affected their achievement; and explanations and meanings given by respondents to the unique characteristics, experiences and events in their lives. Featuring the voices of real parents and children, and backed up by a decade of quantitative data, this is a compelling record that will help readers to understand the complex nature of social disadvantage and the interplay between risk and protective factors in homes and schools that can make for a transformational educational experience.

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Challenging current thinking, this important book is the first to focus on the role of area-based initiatives to tackle the link between education, disadvantage and place. Aimed at all those actively seeking to tackle disadvantage, including policymakers, practitioners, academics and students.

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Mitmachen, gestalten, sich für andere einsetzen - zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement hat viele Facetten. Und sie sind alle wichtig, denn die Beteiligung an der Bürgergesellschaft ist nicht zuletzt Beteiligung an der res publica. Die Form der Bürgergesellschaft hat sich in den letzten Jahren allerdings gewandelt: Informelle und flexible Aktivitäten werden gegenüber starren Mitgliedschaften bevorzugt. Doch ist bislang kaum versucht worden, die Perspektive sozial Benachteiligter einzunehmen. Dieses Buch beschäftigt sich daher mit der Teilhabe von Menschen mit geringem Einkommen und niedrigem Bildungsgrad an der modernen Bürgergesellschaft und zeigt: Auch hier gibt es zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement. Nur anders. Unter Mitarbeit von David Bebnowski, Oliver D'Antonio, Ivonne Kroll, Michael Lühmann, Felix M. Steiner und Christian Woltering. »Spannender Einstieg in die Hintergründe und Motivation derjenigen Personen, die es auch heute noch als Selbstverständlichkeit ansehen, sich über die eigene Komfortzone hinaus zu engagieren und eben dort anfangen, wo andere (professionelle) Akteure nicht mehr zwangsläufig zu finden sind.« Tobias Meier, www.urbanophil.net, 18.08.2014 »Wer für sich in Anspruch nimmt, Partei für sozial Schwache und Benachteiligte zu ergreifen, sollte dieses Buch gelesen haben.« Cornelia Hildebrandt, Neues Deutschland, 20.10.2011 »Eine dichte Beschreibung von Interaktions- und Kommunikationsstrukturen in benachteiligten Quartieren. Der Reiz der Darstellung liegt in deren betont heuristischer Ausrichtung, die viele Fragen [...] aufgreift und diskutiert.« Thomas Mirbach, pw-portal.de - Portal für Politikwissenschaft, 10 (2011) »Eine lohnenswerte Lektüre für alle, die sich mit Freiwilligenarbeit und Bürgerengagement beschäftigen.« Prof. Dr. Cornelia Kricheldorff, www.socialnet.de, 15.09.2011 »Lesenswertes Buch.« Dirk Manten, Mitbestimmung, 9 (2011) »Ein Projekt, das zum Nachahmen einlädt.« Bernhard Hofer, soziologie heute, 8 (2011) Besprochen in: www.volkssolidaritaet.de, 6 (2011) Bibliothek Österreichische Forschungsstiftung für Internationale Entwicklung (ÖFSE), 8 (2011) Rundbrief des Begegnungszentrums für aktive Gewaltlosigkeit, 35/3 (2011) Das Argument, 294 (2011), Timm Kunstreich Literaturdatenbank ORLIS, 12 (2011) pro ZUKUNFT, 4 (2011), AKP, 2 (2012), Anne Ulrich terra cognita, 20 (2012) Peripherie, 126/127 (2012) Soziologische Revue, 36 (2013), Serge Embacher/Ansgar Klein

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