City Schools: Lessons from New York - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0801863422 ISBN 13: 9780801863424

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2000

Riassunto

City Schools brings together a distinguished group of researchers and educators for an in-depth look at the nation's largest school system. Topics covered include the changing demographics of city schools, the impending teacher shortage, reading instruction, special education, bilingual education, school governance, charter schools, choice, school finance reform, and the role of teacher unions. The book also provides fresh and fascinating perspectives on Catholic schools, Jewish day schools, and historically black independent schools.

Diane Ravitch, Joseph P. Viteritti, and their coauthors explore pedagogical, institutional, and policy issues in an urban school system whose challenges are those of American urban education writ large. The authors conclude that we know a lot more about how to provide effective educational services for a diverse population of urban school children than performance data would suggest.

Contributors: Dale Ballou, University of Massachusetts, Amherst · Stephan F. Brumberg, Brooklyn College · Mary Beth Celio, University of Washington · Gail Foster, Toussaint Institute · Michael Heise, Case Western University · Clara Hemphill, Public Education Association · Paul T. Hill, University of Washington · William G. Howell, Harvard University · Pearl Rock Kane, Columbia University · Frank J. Macchiarola, Saint Francis College · Melissa Marschall, University of South Carolina · Thomas Nechyba, Duke University · Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University · Christine Roch, Georgia State University · Christine H. Rossell, Boston University · Marvin Schick, Avi Chai Foundation · Mark Schneider, SUNY, Stony Brook · Lee Stuart, South Bronx Churches · Paul Teske, SUNY, Stony Brook · Emanuel Tobier, New York University · Joanna P. Williams, Columbia University

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Recensione:

"This major contribution to the current literature serves two important objectives. First, it treats the educational problems of New York City as structural challenges common to all urban districts. Second, it introduces practices and issues that have long been overlooked in the debate on school reform. This volume will attract widespread attention in both the academic and the policy communities."

(Kenneth Wong, University of Chicago)

Descrizione del libro:

How the story of NYC's schools contain lessons for other cities

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0801863422
• ISBN 13: 9780801863424
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 405
• Redattore: Ravitch Diane, Viteritti Joseph P.