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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808918703321

Titolo

Making school reform work : new partnerships for real change / / Paul T. Hill and James Harvey, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-81306-7

9786610813063

0-8157-9667-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HillPaul T <1943-> (Paul Thomas)

HarveyJames <1944->

Disciplina

371.2/00973

379.73

Soggetti

School improvement programs - United States

Community and school - United States

Business and education - United States

Education, Urban - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; 1.  A Fresh Assessment:  Why Reform Initiatives Fail; 2.  The Need for New Institutions; 3.  New Capacity for Civic Oversight; 4.  Getting out of the Facilities Business; 5.  Incubators for New Schools; 6.  Taking Advantage of Teacher Turnover; 7.  Institutions to Find, Prepare, and Support School Leaders; 8.  Rethinking Data Capacity; 9.  A School Inspectorate; 10.  Toward a ""Third Way""; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text identifies roles for foundations and civic groups in defining strategies for big-city school reform and in ensuring that promised changes are implemented. The authors suggest the establishment of several independent institutions to support the reform of big-city schools.