Reframing Community Partnerships in Education: Uniting the Power of Place and Wisdom of People

In my district, the practices revealed in this book have already made a positive impact on our future leaders and, more importantly, on our students. The community engagement strategies embedded in the `Community Learning Exchange' brand of teaching, learning, and leading are dynamic, authentic, and revolutionary. This author team has provided the tools to support our community and district for the betterment of all!

--Mark Eads, Superintendent of San Marcos CISD, USA

Readers will enjoy this unique look at how `Community Learning Exchanges' change the way in which families, schools, and communities work together to create positive outcomes for their children. The authors bring forth the value of transformational leadership and highlight the importance of `telling stories' to convey community change. They dare readers to listen deeply to and learn from stories of people and places, in order to truly understand the solutions waiting to be discovered, together.

--Carla D. Thompson, Vice President for Program Strategy, W. K. Kellogg Foundation

The book will be of interest to those engaged in community development and especially adult educators who wish to develop models of democratising teaching and learning.

-- Isolbel Hawthorne-Steele, The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education