Investing in the Inner City Through Urban Public Schools

Investing in the Inner City Through Urban Public Schools
Author: Madeline Peña
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021
Genre:
ISBN:

This case study of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will focus on the East Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights, to illustrate how the additional LCFF funds are dispersed locally to target the needs of high-need groups, how the community is engaged to ensure their immediate needs are met, and what opportunities and challenges to an equitable education system arise following the post implementation of the LCFF.

Schools and Urban Revitalization

Schools and Urban Revitalization
Author: Kelly L. Patterson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2013-10-08
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136161392

New research in community development shows that institutions matter. Where the private sector disinvests from the inner city, public and nonprofit institutions step in and provide engines to economic revitalization and promote greater equity in society. Schools and Urban Revitalization collects emerging research in this field, with special interest in new school-neighborhood partnerships that lead today’s most vibrant policy responses to urban blight.

Urban Education for the 21st Century

Urban Education for the 21st Century
Author: Festus E. Obiakor
Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2005
Genre: Education
ISBN: 039807612X

This timely book exposes the complexities and realities facing urbanness and urban schools that are inadequately funded and denigrated, along with students who continue to be misidentified, misassessed, miscategorized, misplaced, and misinstructed by illprepared and unprepared educators and service providers. The text very successfully demonstrates the comprehensive nature and connectedness of problems and prospects in urban education. This book will be an added resource to researchers, scholars, educators, and service providers. It should be an excellent required text for graduate and undergraduate courses in all branches of education. Addition-ally, the book will be of interest to education administrators at all levels, public school teachers, policy makers, and change agents. The thirteen chapters discuss and explore the following primary topics:• Urban education and the quest for democracy, equity, and excellence• Educating urban learners with and without special needs• Personnel preparation and urban schools• Teaching and learning in urban schools• Educational leadership in urban schools• Insights into educational psychology and what urban practitioners must know• Managing violence in urban schools• Financing urban schools• Reducing the power of “whiteness” in urban schools• Promises and challenges of building and the future perspectives of urban education.

Comeback Cities

Comeback Cities
Author: Paul S. Grogan
Publisher: Westview Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2001-12-18
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0813339529

America's inner cities, recovering from pervasive crime and social disorder that plagued them only a decade ago, are now revived - producing results beyond expectations and reawakening America's toughest neighborhoods

Liberating Schools

Liberating Schools
Author: David Boaz
Publisher: Cato Institute
Total Pages: 237
Release: 1991-06-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1937184145

For the past decade Americans have been intensely concerned with the quality of American education, which is hardly surprising given the importance of education to society and the growing evidence of problems in American education. Nowhere are those problems more severe than in our inner cities, where learning has all but ceased in many schools. It was concern about inner-city children that led the Cato Institute to convene a conference, "Education and the Inner City," in Washington in October 1989. Most of the chapters in this volume were originally presented at that conference. As concern about the quality of American education begins to lead Mericans toward major structural reforms, the Cato Institute is pleased to present these essays. We believe they make a major contribution to the national debate on education reform.

Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy

Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy
Author: Holger Sieg
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages:
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691199973

An innovative advanced-undergraduate and graduate-level textbook in urban economics With more than half of today’s global GDP being produced by approximately four hundred metropolitan centers, learning about the economics of cities is vital to understanding economic prosperity. This textbook introduces graduate and upper-division undergraduate students to the field of urban economics and fiscal policy, relying on a modern approach that integrates theoretical and empirical analysis. Based on material that Holger Sieg has taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy brings the most recent insights from the field into the classroom. Divided into short chapters, the book explores fiscal policies that directly shape economic issues in cities, such as city taxes, the provision of quality education, access to affordable housing, and protection from crime and natural hazards. For each issue, Sieg offers questions, facts, and background; illuminates how economic theory helps students engage with topics; and presents empirical data that shows how economic ideas play out in daily life. Throughout, the book pushes readers to think critically and immediately put what they are learning to use by applying cutting-edge theory to data. A much-needed resource for students and policymakers, Urban Economics and Fiscal Policy offers a unique approach to a vital and fast-growing area of economic study. Introduces advanced-undergraduate and graduate students to urban economics Presents the latest theoretical and empirical research Applies economic tools to real-world issues, including housing, labor, education, crime, and the environment Explains and uses simple economic models and quantitative analysis

It Takes a City

It Takes a City
Author: Paul T. Hill
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2001-09-19
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780815723554

Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures. After decades of decline in school quality, something must be done to make sure city children learn enough to function as adults in American society. But how can city leaders make a real difference? This book, a sequel to Fixing Urban Schools (Brookings, 1998), is a practical guide for mayors, civic leaders, school board members, and involved citizens. Based on case studies of city reform initiatives in Boston, Memphis, New York City District #2, San Antonio, San Francisco, and Seattle, the book provides practical guidance on how to formulate a plan bold enough to work and how to deal with political opposition to change. It concludes that mayors and private sector leaders must stay engaged in education reform by creating new public-private institutions to support high quality schools.

City Schools and the American Dream 2

City Schools and the American Dream 2
Author: Pedro A. Noguera
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2020
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807778559

Over a decade ago, the first edition of City Schools and the American Dream debuted just as reformers were gearing up to make sweeping changes in urban education. Despite the rhetoric and many reform initiatives, urban schools continue to struggle under the weight of serious challenges. What went wrong and is there hope for future change? More than a new edition, this sequel to the original bestseller has been substantially revised to include insights from new research, recent demographic trends, and emerging political realities. In addition to surveying the various limitations that urban schools face, the book also highlights programs, communities, and schools that are making good on public education’s promise of equity. With renewed commitment and sense of urgency, this new edition provides a clear-eyed vision of what it will take to ensure the success of city schools and their students. “City schools continue to play one of the most important roles in our quest to restore democracy. This is a must-read . . . again!” —Gloria Ladson-Billings, University of Wisconsin–Madison “The authors provide concrete examples of innovative strategies and practices employed by urban schools that are succeeding against all odds.” —Betty A. Rosa, chancellor, New York State Board of Regents “This is the book every teacher, parent, policymaker, and engaged citizen should read.” —Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco, UCLA

A Study of Urban Education

A Study of Urban Education
Author: Illinois. School Problems Commission. Urban Studies Sub-committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 114
Release: 1969
Genre: Education, Urban
ISBN: