City schools [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from New York / / edited by Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti

• Pubblicazione: Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.0097471
• Soggetto topico: Education, Urban - New York (State) - New York; Education, Elementary
• Altri autori: RavitchDiane ViterittiJoseph P. <1946->
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Education in the City; 1 Schooling in New York City: The Socioeconomic Context; 2 Public Schools That Work; PART I I Governance; 3 The Difference between Charter Schools and Charterlike Schools; 4 Contractual Constraints on School Management: Principals' Perspectives on the Teacher Contract; 5 The Bronx Leadership Academy High School: The Challenges of Innovation; PART III Defining Good Pedagogy; 6 The Teacher Crisis and Educational Standards; 7 Teaching Reading: Phonics and the Whole-Language Method ; 8 Teaching Language Minorities: Theory and Reality9 The Education of Handicapped Children; PART IV Nonpublic Schools; 10 Catholic Schools; 11 Jewish Day Schools; 12 Historically Black Independent Schools; PART V Choice; 13 Public School Choice: A Status Report; 14 When Low-Income Students Move from Public to Private Schools; 15 School Finance Reform: Introducing the Choice Factor; Index
• Titolo autorizzato: City schools
• ISBN: 0-8018-7671-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780037403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II