LEADER 02908nam 2200541 450 001 9910798226103321 005 20230808192408.0 010 $a1-4758-2361-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000635434 035 $a(EBL)4503306 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001639598 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16399441 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001639598 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14957851 035 $a(PQKB)10253243 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16404670 035 $a(PQKB)23197540 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4503306 035 $a(DLC) 2016003136 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000635434 100 $a20160120d2016 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe children left behind $eAmerica's struggle to improve its lowest performing schools /$fDaniel L. Duke 210 1$aLanham, Maryland :$cRowman & Littlefield,$d[2016] 215 $a1 online resource (223 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4758-2360-6 311 $a1-4758-2359-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe evolving role of the federal government in helping the lowest-performing schools -- "If you can turn around Buffalo, you can turn around anything" -- State takeovers and the complexities of policy making for the lowest-performing school districts and schools -- An alternative form of state takeover: the special state district for low-performing schools -- Technical assistance and training -- Choice, community action, and closure -- One best way to leave no child behind -- Local innovation and options: a better prescription? -- Developing district capacity to support school turnarounds -- Reviewing an equivocal verdict -- Thinking about the path ahead. 330 $aBetween 2002 and 2016, the federal government, state governments, and school districts undertook unprecedented measures to improve the lowest-performing schools. This book draws on dozens of actual examples to illustrate the wide range of interventions adopted over this time period. Among the initiatives examined in depth are efforts by states to provide technical assistance to schools and districts, offer students educational choices, engage communities in school improvement, take over low-performing schools and districts, create special state-run school districts, and close failing schools. 606 $aSchool improvement programs$zUnited States 606 $aGovernment aid to education$zUnited States 615 0$aSchool improvement programs 615 0$aGovernment aid to education 676 $a371.2/07 700 $aDuke$b Daniel Linden$0890605 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798226103321 996 $aThe children left behind$93676539 997 $aUNINA