Author: Publisher:
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Category : Community and school
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Ideas for Improving Public Confidence in Public Education
Author: Trust in Schools
Author: Anthony BrykPublisher: Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN: 161044096X
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
Most Americans agree on the necessity of education reform, but there is little consensus about how this goal might be achieved. The rhetoric of standards and vouchers has occupied center stage, polarizing public opinion and affording little room for reflection on the intangible conditions that make for good schools. Trust in Schools engages this debate with a compelling examination of the importance of social relationships in the successful implementation of school reform. Over the course of three years, Bryk and Schneider, together with a diverse team of other researchers and school practitioners, studied reform in twelve Chicago elementary schools. Each school was undergoing extensive reorganization in response to the Chicago School Reform Act of 1988, which called for greater involvement of parents and local community leaders in their neighborhood schools. Drawing on years longitudinal survey and achievement data, as well as in-depth interviews with principals, teachers, parents, and local community leaders, the authors develop a thorough account of how effective social relationships—which they term relational trust—can serve as a prime resource for school improvement. Using case studies of the network of relationships that make up the school community, Bryk and Schneider examine how the myriad social exchanges that make up daily life in a school community generate, or fail to generate, a successful educational environment. The personal dynamics among teachers, students, and their parents, for example, influence whether students regularly attend school and sustain their efforts in the difficult task of learning. In schools characterized by high relational trust, educators were more likely to experiment with new practices and work together with parents to advance improvements. As a result, these schools were also more likely to demonstrate marked gains in student learning. In contrast, schools with weak trust relations saw virtually no improvement in their reading or mathematics scores. Trust in Schools demonstrates convincingly that the quality of social relationships operating in and around schools is central to their functioning, and strongly predicts positive student outcomes. This book offer insights into how trust can be built and sustained in school communities, and identifies some features of public school systems that can impede such development. Bryk and Schneider show how a broad base of trust across a school community can provide a critical resource as education professional and parents embark on major school reforms. A Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology
Resources in Education
Author: Research in Education
Author: Building Trust in Public Institutions Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions in Brazil
Author: OECDPublisher: OECD Publishing
ISBN: 9264729356
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
This report provides novel evidence on Brazilian people’s expectations and evaluation of government’s reliability, responsiveness, openness, integrity and fairness, based on the OECD Trust Survey.
Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ... with Accompanying Papers
Author: United States. Bureau of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1302
Book Description
Needs of Elementary and Secondary Education for the Seventies
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Educational planning
Languages : en
Pages : 1018
Book Description
Annual Report
Author: United States. Office of EducationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 1312
Book Description
Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior ...
Author: United States. Department of the InteriorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1318
Book Description
Improving Governance
Author: Laurence E. Lynn Jr.Publisher: Georgetown University Press
ISBN: 9781589013452
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Policymakers and public managers around the world have become preoccupied with the question of how their goals can be achieved in a way that rebuilds public confidence in government. Yet because public policies and programs increasingly are being administered through a complicated web of jurisdictions, agencies, and public-private partnerships, evaluating their effectiveness is more difficult than in the past. Though social scientists possess insightful theories and powerful methods for conducting empirical research on governance and public management, their work is too often fragmented and irrelevant to the specific tasks faced by legislators, administrators, and managers. Proposing a framework for research based on the premise that any particular governance arrangement is embedded in a wider social, fiscal, and political context, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill argue that theory-based empirical research, when well conceived and executed, can be a primary source of fundamental, durable knowledge about governance and policy management. Focusing on complex human services such as public assistance, child protection, and public education, they construct an integrative, multilevel "logic of governance," that can help researchers increase the sophistication, power, and relevance of their work.