1 Urban Dreamcatchers: Launching and Leading New Small SCHOOLS1 (original) (raw)

2015

Abstract

The Ojibway People, a Native American tribe of the Great Lakes, wove webs called dreamcatchers to protect their infants from harm. They hung these dreamcatchers over the infant's cradle to ensnare bad dreams but let through good ones which were believed to be the source of wisdom and possibility (Osofsky, 1992). As the dreamcatchers safeguarding the promise and possibilities of the American dream, public schools, especially those in urban areas, have come under increasing attack. Tangled in their own net, they have become renown for their high rates of violence and low rates of graduation and contributed to a crisis in the nation's confidence in public education. The bad dreams have found their way through the safety net, leaving our youngsters in harms ' way. In response to the debacle of urban school failures, newly woven dreamcatchers are appearing in several cities across the nation as diverse stakeholders in public education come together in a broad effort of new...

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