Review of Barbara Ferman's The fight for America's schools: Grassroots organizing in education

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v25.2302

Author Biography

Chloe Latham Sikes, The University of Texas at Austin

Chloe Latham Sikes is a doctoral student in the Educational Policy & Planning program in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include the politics of education policy, school-university-community partnerships, the intersections of immigration and educational policy, and critical policy analysis.

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Published

2018-03-21

How to Cite

Latham Sikes, C. (2018). Review of Barbara Ferman’s The fight for America’s schools: Grassroots organizing in education. Education Review, 25. https://doi.org/10.14507/er.v25.2302

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Book reviews