On May 19, 2011, Berwyn C.A.R.E.S. and the Heritage PTSA will host Jacqueline Edelberg, coauthor of How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance, who will share her experiences as a successful organizer of grassroots, community-led school reform.
When Edelberg and a friend ventured inside Nettelhorst, their Chicago neighborhood’s underutilized and struggling public elementary school, the new principal asked what it would take for them to enroll their children. Stunned by her candor, they returned the next day armed with an extensive wish list. The principal read their list and said, “Well, let’s get started, girls! It’s going to be a busy year...”
How to Walk to School is the story of eight park moms who galvanized neighborhood parents and then organized an entire community to take a leap of faith, transforming a challenged urban school into one of the city’s best, virtually overnight. It provides an honest and accessible blueprint for parents and administrators who are ready to step forward and take back their schools.
Please join us for this vital discussion of how to reclaim the public schools our children deserve.
Heritage Middle School
6850 31st Street
Thursday, May 19
7:00 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public. Onsite child supervision will be provided.
Copies of How to Walk to School will be offered for sale, courtesy of Magic Tree Bookstore.
The Nettelhorst story has been featured on Oprah & Friends, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Redbook, NPR, CNN, 60 Minutes, Education Weekly, and in the Chicago media. See below for highlights from the media coverage of How to Walk to School.
Video produced by Pearson Education:
NPR's Chicago Matters:
Chicago magazine:
The Chicago Reader:
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