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NEW BOOKS
A Case Study of Grass-roots Activism
By Caroline Preston
Mobilizing Citizens for Better Schools, by Robert F. Sexton, tells the story of the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence, a grass-roots group of parents and activists that formed in the early 1980s to advocate improvements in Kentucky's public schools. Mr. Sexton describes how the committee, which he directs, organized town forums, built alliances with...