{"product_id":"2940169442557","title":"The Power in the Room: Radical Education Through Youth Organizing and Employment","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow community-centered, peer-to-peer, youth knowledge exchanges are evolving into a strong economic and political foundation on which to build radical public education.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the rich traditions in African American cooperative economic and educational thought, teacher-organizer Jay Gillen describes the Baltimore Algebra Project (BAP) as a youth-run cooperative enterprise in which young people direct their peers' and their own learning for a wage. BAP and similar enterprises are creating an educational network of empowered, employed students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGillen argues that this is a proactive political, economic, and educational structure that builds relationships among and between students and their communities. It's a structure that meets communal needs amp;mdash; material and social, economic and political amp;mdash; both now and in the future. Through the story of the Baltimore Algebra Project, listeners will learn why youth employment is a priority, how to develop democratic norms and cultures, how to foster positive community roles for 20-30-year-olds, and how to implement educational accountability from below.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104515277040,"sku":"2940169442557","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169442557_p0.jpg?v=1763682911","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169442557","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}