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

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.2/00973; 379.73
• Soggetto topico: School improvement programs - United States; Community and school - United States; Business and education - United States; Education, Urban - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HillPaul T <1943-> (Paul Thomas) HarveyJames <1944->
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Making school reform work
• ISBN: 1-280-81306-7; 9786610813063; 0-8157-9667-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450328903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II