Education empire : the evolution of an excellent suburban school system / / Daniel L. Duke
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| Autore: |
Duke Daniel Linden
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| Titolo: |
Education empire : the evolution of an excellent suburban school system / / Daniel L. Duke
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| Pubblicazione: | Albany, NY : , : State University of New York Press, , 2005 |
| ©2005 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xv, 199 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 370/.9755/291 |
| Soggetto topico: | School management and organization - Virginia - Fairfax County |
| Suburban schools - Virginia - Fairfax County | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-191) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | A classroom a day A ten-year trial Growing bigger and more diverse The intensification of educational politics Good isn't good enough It takes an excellent school system to ensure excellent schools Fairfax County Public Schools and the future of suburban education |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Despite the fact that more than one-half of the students in the United States are educated in suburban schools, relatively little is known about the development of suburban school systems. Education Empire chronicles the evolution of Virginia's Fairfax County public schools, the twelfth largest school system in the country and arguably one of the very best. The book focuses on how Fairfax has addressed a variety of challenges, beginning with explosive enrollment growth in the 1950s and continuing with desegregation, enrollment decline, economic uncertainty, demands for special programs, and intense politicization. Today, Fairfax, like many suburbs across the country, looks increasingly like an urban school system, with rising poverty, large numbers of recent immigrants, and constant pressure from an assortment of special interest groups. While many school systems facing similar developments have experienced a drop in performance, Fairfax students continue to raise their achievement. Daniel L. Duke reveals the keys to Fairfax's remarkable track record. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Education empire |
| ISBN: | 0-7914-8298-7 |
| 1-4237-4769-0 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910808353703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
SUNY series in educational leadership.