Improving Urban Schools in Inner-city Communities
Author | : Antoine M. Garibaldi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Community and school |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Antoine M. Garibaldi |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 26 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Community and school |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Margaret C. Wang |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : College-school cooperation |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Laura Lippman |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1996-12 |
Genre | : Education, Urban |
ISBN | : 0788136321 |
Author | : Dennis Shirley |
Publisher | : University of Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 2010-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0292774958 |
Observers of all political persuasions agree that our urban schools are in a state of crisis. Yet most efforts at school reform treat schools as isolated institutions, disconnected from the communities in which they are embedded and insulated from the political realities which surround them. Community Organizing for Urban School Reform tells the story of a radically different approach to educational change. Using a case study approach, Dennis Shirley describes how working-class parents, public school teachers, clergy, social workers, business partners, and a host of other engaged citizens have worked to improve education in inner-city schools. Their combined efforts are linked through the community organizations of the Industrial Areas Foundation, which have developed a network of over seventy "Alliance Schools" in poor and working-class neighborhoods throughout Texas. This deeply democratic struggle for school reform contains important lessons for all of the nation's urban areas. It provides a striking point of contrast to orthodox models of change and places the political empowerment of low-income parents at the heart of genuine school improvement and civic renewal.
Author | : Larry Cuban |
Publisher | : Teachers College Press |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2014-04-15 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0807774375 |
Drastic reform measures are being implemented in growing numbers of urban communities as the public’s patience has finally run out with perpetually nonperforming public schools. This authoritative and eye-opening volume examines governance changes in six cities during the 1990s, where either mayoral control of schools has occurred or where noneducators have been appointed to lead school districts. Featuring up-close, in-depth case studies of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, San Diego, and Seattle, this book explores the reasons why these cities chose to alter their traditional school governance structures and analyzes what happened when the reforms were implemented and whether or not teachers and students performed better because of them. “Provides useful perspectives on the complexities of educational change that is relevant to all kinds of school systems . . . of interest to elected officials, other policymakers, business leaders, and educators.” —Richard W. Riley, Former U.S. Secretary of Education “A ‘must-read’ for policymakers intent on improving the academic performance of children in America’s urban centers . . . offers important insight and an excellent overview of the reforms being tested in the six urban centers.” —Ted Sanders, President, Education Commission of the States “Every urban political official, indeed, every governor, business leader, and state legislator should study the urban school reforms described in this book” —James B. Hunt, Jr., Former Governor of North Carolina and Chairman, James B. Hunt Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy “A ‘must-read’ for educators. This book clearly defines what it takes to make significant changes in urban districts” —Floretta McKenzie, Former Superintendent, District of Columbia Public Schools
Author | : James Deneen |
Publisher | : R&L Education |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2011-10-16 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1610480864 |
Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable. Early chapters document the two-tiered character of American public schools, the tragic consequences of failing schools for millions of students—mostly Black and Hispanic—and the financial costs to American society. In later chapters, Deneen and Catanese describe the special problems of inner-city schools and the changes in school organization and curriculum needed to overcome them. They also provide examples of schools in severely disadvantaged communities in which such changes have enabled students to succeed academically, graduate, and enter college. In the final chapters, the authors examine the public and non-public school options available to urban parents. They discuss school choice, a hotly debated issue in urban education. The book concludes with a plan, consisting of six recommendations, for reforming a failing urban school.
Author | : R. Shep Melnick |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2018-03-06 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0815732406 |
One civil rights-era law has reshaped American society—and contributed to the country's ongoing culture wars Few laws have had such far-reaching impact as Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Intended to give girls and women greater access to sports programs and other courses of study in schools and colleges, the law has since been used by judges and agencies to expand a wide range of antidiscrimination policies—most recently the Obama administration’s 2016 mandates on sexual harassment and transgender rights. In this comprehensive review of how Title IX has been implemented, Boston College political science professor R. Shep Melnick analyzes how interpretations of "equal educational opportunity" have changed over the years. In terms accessible to non-lawyers, Melnick examines how Title IX has become a central part of legal and political campaigns to correct gender stereotypes, not only in academic settings but in society at large. Title IX thus has become a major factor in America's culture wars—and almost certainly will remain so for years to come.
Author | : Leo C. Rigsby |
Publisher | : Jossey-Bass |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 1995-06-13 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : |
In School-Community Connections, leading thinkers in the fields of education, psychology, social work, urban studies, and business identify ways that collaborative efforts between schools and the communities they serve can improve education for urban students.
Author | : Mel Ainscow |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Education (UK) |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 2006-03-16 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 0335223990 |
The improvement of urban schools is one of the major challenges facing practitioners and policy-makers today. Issues related to poverty create particular difficulties in urban schools, and the emphasis on market-led improvement strategies has tended to add to these challenges. In addition, strategies for ‘raising standards’, as measured by aggregate test and examination results, can result in marginalisation or exclusion of some groups of learners. Drawing on research evidence, Improving Urban Schools addresses the question of how primary and secondary urban schools can be improved in a more inclusive way. The authors argue that urban schools and their communities have within them expertise that tends to be overlooked, and latent creativity that should be mobilised to move thinking and progress forward. They show that new approaches to leadership, various forms of collaborative school-to-school partnerships, and major changes in national policy development are needed to make use of this untapped energy. The book includes vivid accounts of these activities to shed light on what really happens in urban schools, and presents practical strategies for school leaders and practitioners who want to make a difference in urban schools.