Keywords
charter schools, student voice, school culture
Abstract
Tim (all student names are pseudonyms), a young English teacher, took a position in a corporately owned charter school. Despite misgivings—“Just not sure privatization and choice are the saviors of public education”—Tim needed a job and accepted what was offered.
Typically for Tim, he threw himself into his teaching, getting additionally involved in class sponsorship and student government. As an offshoot of these activities, Tim asked his sophomore classes to write about, and then discuss, the seeming lack of school spirit and what they could do about it:
Original Publication Citation
“Reclaiming Literacy Classroom Through Critical Dialogue.” Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy 55.6 (2012): 476-482. (invited with Bob Fecho and Sean McCally)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Fecho, Bob; Coombs, Dawan; and McAuley, Sean, "Reclaiming Literacy Classroom Through Critical Dialogue" (2012). Faculty Publications. 9605.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/9605
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2012
Publisher
Journal of Adult and Adolescent Literacy
Language
English
College
Humanities
Department
English
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