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Urban Education

Author : Donna Adair Breault
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313063419
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Urban Education written by Donna Adair Breault and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-09-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is a resource for parents, community members, teachers, and administrators who want to make a difference in their urban schools. Breault and Allen provide a way for stakeholders to see the roles they can play in building civic capacity for change in urban schools and communities. It also offers critical background information to help stakeholders recognize the complexity and necessity of their efforts. The authors organized this book around the need for beginning, continuing, and enacting conversations to emphasize the need for stakeholders to build relationships with one another in order to advocate for and act on behalf of urban students and communities. While this book eschews prescriptive and simplistic solutions, it does offer ways in which stakeholders create and support an infrastructure for change in their schools and communities. For example, this book helps stakeholders navigate the bureaucracy of urban school districts, build collegial communities of inquiry within schools, develop systematic ways of gathering important data schools and communities, organize the energy and efforts of those who want to get involved, seek out, and utilize various resources, and then use the infrastructure of knowledgeable and collegial stakeholders to bring about change. The authors realize how daunting these challenges may seem for stakeholders who want to make a difference in their schools and communities. In response, they offer images of positive changes including schools, parent associations, and networking strategies used in urban communities today as glimpses of what is possible through hard work, collaboration, and an imaginative spirit.

When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools

Author : Linn Posey-Maddox
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022612035X
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools written by Linn Posey-Maddox and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades a growing number of middle-class parents have considered sending their children to—and often end up becoming active in—urban public schools. Their presence can bring long-needed material resources to such schools, but, as Linn Posey-Maddox shows in this study, it can also introduce new class and race tensions, and even exacerbate inequalities. Sensitively navigating the pros and cons of middle-class transformation, When Middle-Class Parents Choose Urban Schools asks whether it is possible for our urban public schools to have both financial security and equitable diversity. Drawing on in-depth research at an urban elementary school, Posey-Maddox examines parents’ efforts to support the school through their outreach, marketing, and volunteerism. She shows that when middle-class parents engage in urban school communities, they can bring a host of positive benefits, including new educational opportunities and greater diversity. But their involvement can also unintentionally marginalize less-affluent parents and diminish low-income students’ access to the improving schools. In response, Posey-Maddox argues that school reform efforts, which usually equate improvement with rising test scores and increased enrollment, need to have more equity-focused policies in place to ensure that low-income families also benefit from—and participate in—school change.

Successful Schools for Young Adolescents

Author : Joan Lipsitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351318306
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book Successful Schools for Young Adolescents written by Joan Lipsitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when the public, researchers, and policymakers are losing confidence in public schooling, this presentation of case studies of four schools offers solutions and concrete models of diverse ways in which excellence can be attained in middle-grade schools. Asking what "effectiveness" means for the young adolescent age group (a hitherto unexplored area in research literature), how effective schools come about, and how they achieve acceptance in their communities, Lipsitz identifies and examines successful middle-grade schools, noting that the major problem in schooling is meeting the massive individual differences in the development of early adolescents.

Study of Academic Instruction for Disadvantaged Students: Commissioned papers and literature review

Author : Michael Sturgis Knapp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Study of Academic Instruction for Disadvantaged Students: Commissioned papers and literature review written by Michael Sturgis Knapp and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Case Study Method

Author : Roger Gomm
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446275698
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book Case Study Method written by Roger Gomm and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-10-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the most comprehensive guide to the current uses and importance of case study methods in social research. The editors bring together key contributions from the field which reflect different interpretations of the purpose and capacity of case study research. The address issues such as: the problem of generalizing from study of a small number of cases; and the role of case study in developing and testing theories. The editors offer in-depth assessments of the main arguments. An annotated bibliography of the literature dealing with case study research makes this an exhaustive and indispensable guide.

Study of Academic Instruction for Disadvantaged Students: Commissioned papers and literature review

Author : Brenda J. Turnbull
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Study of Academic Instruction for Disadvantaged Students: Commissioned papers and literature review written by Brenda J. Turnbull and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Parent-centered Early School

Author : Michael R. Williams
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815323990
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (239 download)

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Download or read book The Parent-centered Early School written by Michael R. Williams and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1997 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Road to Improvement

Author : Peter Mortimore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134380267
Total Pages : 397 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book The Road to Improvement written by Peter Mortimore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 397 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 19 articles charting developments in school effectiveness research, both on the evaluative and reflective side, and the emergence from it of pro-active school improvement ideas and initiatives.

The Educator's Handbook for Understanding and Closing Achievement Gaps

Author : Joseph Murphy
Publisher : Corwin Press
ISBN 13 : 1412964555
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis The Educator's Handbook for Understanding and Closing Achievement Gaps by : Joseph Murphy

Download or read book The Educator's Handbook for Understanding and Closing Achievement Gaps written by Joseph Murphy and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Beginning with a remarkably comprehensive and accessible analysis of the gap's causes, the book offers a refreshingly balanced, evidence-based, state-of-the-art outline of productive solutions that should inform the work of all educational stakeholders' - Ken Leithwood, Professor, OISE/University of Toronto 'No one is better positioned than Joseph Murphy to provide lessons for education leaders on this important topic' - Andrew Porter, George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education , University of Pennsylvania 'For too long, the achievement gap has been proclaimed, discussed, and then dismissed as a subject of despair. Seldom has it been systematically defined, placed in historical perspective, or positively addressed. Through thorough scholarship, comprehensive knowledge, and creativity, this book fills that void' - James W. Guthrie, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Educational Leadership and Public Policy, Vanderbilt University 'While offering no simple pathway to progress, this book reminds us how much more we can do to close achievement gaps' - Michael S. Knapp, Director Center for the Study of Teaching & Policy, University of Washington Distinguished researcher Joseph F. Murphy has gathered and analyzed the most up-to-date research and data to help headteachers understand what the achievement gap is, why it persists, and what teachers can do about it. This comprehensive handbook: - Examines external factors that contribute to achievement gaps, such as socioeconomic status, family environment, racism, and individual differences - Covers internal factors such as instruction, school culture, and school support - Provides strategies for addressing both internal and external factors to make an impact.

Evaluation-Based Leadership

Author : Naftaly S. Glasman
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887063039
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Evaluation-Based Leadership written by Naftaly S. Glasman and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1986-01-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An important contribution to the literature in administration, Evaluation-Based Leadership moves school leaders and decision-makers toward a new model of operation rooted in evaluation. Responding to the current increased national and local concern for effective schools, Glasman's work suggests a move toward an innovative paradigm that will help both inservice professionals and future administrators view their responsibilities with heightened insight and renewed initiative. Through his analysis Glasman integrates important theoretical research and practical considerations with a special emphasis on the role of the school principal as one whose work can enhance student achievements.

The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools

Author : Eric Rofes
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791462355
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book The Emancipatory Promise of Charter Schools written by Eric Rofes and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2004-10-14 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a broad, multidisciplinary, and progressive look at school choice.

The Urban School System of the Future

Author : Andy Smarick
Publisher : R&L Education
ISBN 13 : 1607094789
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Urban School System of the Future written by Andy Smarick and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than two generations, the traditional urban school system—the district—has utterly failed to do its job: prepare its students for a lifetime of success. Millions and millions of boys and girls have suffered the grievous consequences. The district is irreparably broken. For the sake of today’s and tomorrow’s inner-city kids, it must be replaced. The Urban School System of the Future argues that vastly better results can be realized through the creation of a new type of organization that properly manages a city’s portfolio of schools using the revolutionary principles of chartering. It will ensure that new schools are regularly created, that great schools are expanded and replicated, that persistently failing schools are closed, and that families have access to an array of high-quality options. This new entity will focus exclusively on school performance, meaning, among other things, our cities can thoughtfully integrate their traditional public, charter public, and private schools into a single, high-functioning k-12 system. For decades, the district has produced the most heartbreaking results for already at-risk kids. The Urban School System of the Future explains how we can finally turn the tide and create dynamic, responsive, high-performing, self-improving urban school systems that fulfill the promise of public education.

What Works

Author : United States. Department of Education
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book What Works written by United States. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

School Effectiveness and School Improvement

Author : Bert.P.M. Creemers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351417568
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book School Effectiveness and School Improvement written by Bert.P.M. Creemers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-02-27 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School effectiveness and school improvement have different origins: School effectiveness is more directed to finding out "what works" in education and "why"; school improvement is practice and policy oriented and intended to change education in the desired direction. However, in their orientation to outcomes, input, processes, and context in education, they also have much in common. In the theoretical part, different orientations have been analysed and combined in a model for effective school improvement. Based on this analysis, an evaluation framework was developed for the analysis of the case studies of school improvement projects in the participating countries. The theoretical model and the results of the analyses of the case studies were combined in a framework of effective school improvement.

Many Children Left Behind

Author : Deborah Meier
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 0807004596
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Many Children Left Behind written by Deborah Meier and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2004-09-29 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan coalition, it purports to improve public schools by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing. Many people supported it originally, despite doubts, because of its promise especially to improve the way schools serve poor children. By making federal funding contingent on accepting a system of tests and sanctions, it is radically affecting the life of schools around the country. But, argue the authors of this citizen's guide to the most important political issue in education, far from improving public schools and increasing the ability of the system to serve poor and minority children, the law is doing exactly the opposite. Here some of our most prominent, respected voices in education-including school innovator Deborah Meier, education activist Alfie Kohn, and founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools Theodore R. Sizer-come together to show us how, point by point, NCLB undermines the things it claims to improve: * How NCLB punishes rather than helps poor and minority kids and their schools * How NCLB helps further an agenda of privatization and an attack on public schools * How the focus on testing and test preparation dumbs down classrooms * And they put forward a richly articulated vision of alternatives. Educators and parents around the country are feeling the harshly counterproductive effects of NCLB. This book is an essential guide to understanding what's wrong and where we should go from here.

Rebuilding America's Cities

Author : Paul Robert Porter
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1412850665
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (128 download)

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Download or read book Rebuilding America's Cities written by Paul Robert Porter and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A growing cooperation between the public and private sectors indicates that the tasks of redevelopment are too large and complex for either sector to accomplish alone. Some people maintain that government can do few things right; others are equally distrustful of the private sector. As used here, the private sector is considered to be all that is not government. Each of the success stories illustrated is, in part, a "road to recovery," although none appear to have been influenced by a purpose that broad. Paul R. Porter and David C. Sweet present stories of progress in self-reliance that concern neighborhood and downtown recoveries, school improvement, job generation, a regained fiscal solvency, novel financing techniques, helping tenants to become homeowners, and a successful venture in self-help and tenant management in crime-infested neighborhoods. The successes stem from the diverse community roles of Yale University, a medical center, the world's largest research organization, the Clorox Company, a gas company, an insurance company, a newspaper, neighborhood and downtown organizations, city governments and two religious organizationsâthe Mormon Church and the tiny Church of the Savior. These stories are located throughout the United States, including Akron, Baltimore, Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Milwaukee, New Haven, Oakland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, St. Paul, Salt Lake City, Springfield, Mass., Tampa, and Washington, D.C. The editors have gathered the work of professionals known in the field of urban studies: James W. Rouse, Donald E. Lasater, Rolf Goetze, Dale F. Bertsch, Joel Lieske, Eugene H. Methvin, James E. Kunde, T. Michael Smith, Robert Mier, Carol Davidow, Jay Chatterjee, June Manning Thomas, Norman Krumholz, Larry C. Ledebur, and Robert C. Holland.

Better Schooling for the Children of Poverty: Commissioned papers and literature review

Author : Study of Academic Instruction for Disadvantaged Students (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Better Schooling for the Children of Poverty: Commissioned papers and literature review written by Study of Academic Instruction for Disadvantaged Students (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: