A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform

A Match on Dry Grass argues that community organizing represents a fresh approach to address educational failure.

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: The Promise of Civic Renewal in America
By Peter Levine
In We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For, Peter Levine contends that effective deliberative democracy depends upon effective community advocacy.
The Power of Community Engagement for Educational Change
By Diana Hiatt-Michael, Michael P. Evans
Wanted: A renewed vision for public education: Annual report on Ontario's publicly funded schools. ... Curriculum reform in Ontario: 'Common-sense' policy processes and democratic possibilities.
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman
By James Henry Cook
The keen-eyed, cool-headed, and fearless men (Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, Buffalo Bill Cody, Big Foot Wallace, and Captain Jim Cook, among others) who were pivotal personalities for more than half a century in the almost ceaseless task of ...
Frantic
By Mike Dellosso
Marny ran over the grass and granite to where the boat was docked and rooted through the storage compartments. ... Carefully, with one hand shielding the flame from the ocean air, he put the match to a clump of dry grass and pine ...
How Winning Works: 8 Essential Leadership Lessons from the Toughest Teams on Earth
By Robyn Benincasa
Whether you're trying to beat the competition to market with a new product, scale a looming mountain of deadlines or simply get your kids to clean up their rooms, the advice in this book will take you on an adventure you'll never forget, ...