Research for Action

An evaluation of parent and community roles in local schools: Alliance Organizing Project (AOP) 1993 - 1999
Description:	AOP was a Philadelphia-based group working to organize parents for new roles in their local schools for the purpose of supporting and sustaining school reform. RFA worked with AOP to assess how participation in organizing efforts influences parents’ involvement in their child’s education and their willingness to act collectively to improve public education at their child’s school and citywide.
Team Leader:	Eva Gold
Team Members:	Diane C. Brown Nikki Edgecombe Hitomi Yoshida
Client(s):	Alliance Organizing Project
Publications:	Memorandum to the Alliance Organizing Project: Evaluation, 1998-1999 A Report to the Alliance Organizing Project on its Work with Parents - Executive Summary A Report to the Alliance Organizing Project on its Work with Parents