Families with Power: Centering Students by Engaging with Families and Community

by Mary Cowhey

Book Overview

Winner of the Society of Professors of Education 2024 Outstanding Book Award

What if the families of students most impacted by the opportunity gap somehow had the power to organize whatever activities they felt would best help their children succeed? That's the question that began Families with Power/Familias con Poder (FWP), a grassroots organization of low-income students and caregivers in Northampton, MA. Through vignettes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807766380
• ISBN13: 9780807766385
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.6"