Author: John Dudley PhilbrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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City School Systems in the United States
Author: John Dudley PhilbrickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 222
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City Schools and the American Dream 2
Author: Pedro A. NogueraPublisher: Teachers College Press
ISBN: 0807778559
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
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
Current Expenditures Per Pupil in City School Systems, 1951-52
Author: Lester Barry HerlihyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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Finances of Large-city School Systems
Author: Lynn H. FoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 112
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Biennial Survey of Education in the United States
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
Statistics of City School Systems
Author: City Kids, City Schools
Author: William AyersPublisher: The New Press
ISBN: 1595585605
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 381
Book Description
Of the approximately 50 million public school students in the United States, more than half are in urban schools. A contemporary companion to City Kids, City Teachers: Reports from the Front Row, this new and timely collection has been compiled by four of the country's most prominent urban educators. Contributors including Sandra Cisneros, Jonathan Kozol, Sapphire, and Patricia J. Williams provide some of the best writing on life in city schools and neighborhoods. Young people and practicing teachers, poets and scholars, social critics and journalists offer unique takes on topics ranging from culturally relevant teaching and scripted curricula to the criminalization of youth, gentrification, and the inequities of school funding. In the words of Sonia Nieto, City Kids, City Schools “challenge[s] the conventional wisdom of what it means to teach in urban schools.”
Charter School City
Author: Douglas N. HarrisPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022669478X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
In the wake of the tragedy and destruction that came with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, public schools in New Orleans became part of an almost unthinkable experiment—eliminating the traditional public education system and completely replacing it with charter schools and school choice. Fifteen years later, the results have been remarkable, and the complex lessons learned should alter the way we think about American education. New Orleans became the first US city ever to adopt a school system based on the principles of markets and economics. When the state took over all of the city’s public schools, it turned them over to non-profit charter school managers accountable under performance-based contracts. Students were no longer obligated to attend a specific school based upon their address, allowing families to act like consumers and choose schools in any neighborhood. The teacher union contract, tenure, and certification rules were eliminated, giving schools autonomy and control to hire and fire as they pleased. In Charter School City, Douglas N. Harris provides an inside look at how and why these reform decisions were made and offers many surprising findings from one of the most extensive and rigorous evaluations of a district school reform ever conducted. Through close examination of the results, Harris finds that this unprecedented experiment was a noteworthy success on almost every measurable student outcome. But, as Harris shows, New Orleans was uniquely situated for these reforms to work well and that this market-based reform still required some specific and active roles for government. Letting free markets rule on their own without government involvement will not generate the kinds of changes their advocates suggest. Combining the evidence from New Orleans with that from other cities, Harris draws out the broader lessons of this unprecedented reform effort. At a time when charter school debates are more based on ideology than data, this book is a powerful, evidence-based, and in-depth look at how we can rethink the roles for governments, markets, and nonprofit organizations in education to ensure that America’s schools fulfill their potential for all students.
Textbook Expenditures in Large City School Systems 1932, 1934, and 1936 United States Department of the Interior
Author: Lester Barry HerlihyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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The Administration of Public Education in the United States
Author: Samuel Train DuttonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 618
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