ABSTRACT
Around the nation, parents and students are coming together to use their collective power to demand real change in their schools and more equitable education policies in their districts and states. Going beyond traditional parent or community involvement, these groups of organized parents and students in the nation’s most underserved schools have become a formidable force for school reform over the past two decades. One recent estimate puts the number of community organizing groups engaged in education reform at 500 nationally (Warren, 2010). A scan of the six states that make up New England found more than 30 community organizing groups with active education campaigns (Renée, McAlister, & Potochnik, 2011).
