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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821902503321

Autore

Duke Daniel Linden

Titolo

The school that refused to die : continuity and change at Thomas Jefferson High School / / Daniel L. Duke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c1995

ISBN

1-4384-0160-4

0-585-04538-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (113 pages)

Collana

Suny series, educational leadership

Disciplina

373.755/451

Soggetti

Education, Urban - Virginia - Richmond

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 (p. 279-284) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; PREFACE; BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TEE-JAY'S HISTORY; INTRODUCTION; PART 1. CREATING AN EXCELLENT HIGH SCHOOL; 1. Richmond, Its School System, and the Origins of Thomas Jefferson High School; 2. Building an Academic Culture; 3. Glory Days and Well-Rounded Students; PART 2. THE STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE EXCELLENCE; 4. Giving Proper Direction to Change; 5. The Certainty of Uncertainty; 6. The Challenge of Coexistence; PART 3. INTERPRETING THE TEE-JAY EXPERIENCE; 7. The Changing Face of School Desegregation; 8. The Struggle to Preserve Excellence

9. Keys to Organizational Survival: Continuity and ChangeORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY: A SOURCE OF INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF SCHOOLS; NOTES; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Appendix; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y