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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ravitch, Diane.

Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--New York (State)--New York.

Education, Urban.

New York (State)--New York.

Physical Description:

ix, 405 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2000]

Summary:

City Schools brings together a distinguished group of researchers, writers, and educators for an in-depth look at the nation's largest school system. Topics covered include the changing demographics of city schools, the impending teacher shortage, reading instruction, special education, bilingual education, school governance, charter schools, choice, school finance reform, and the role of teacher unions. The book also provides fresh and fascinating perspectives on Catholic schools, Jewish day schools, and historically black independent schools.

Diane Ravitch, Joseph R Viteritti, and their coauthors explore pedagogical, institutional, and policy issues in an urban school system whose challenges are those of American urban education writ large. The authors conclude that we know a lot more about how to provide effective educational services for a diverse population of urban school children than performance data would suggest.

Contents:

Part 1 Education in the City

1 Schooling in New York City: The Socioeconomic Context / Emanuel Tobier 19

2 Public Schools That Work / Clara Hemphill 45

Part 2 Governance

3 The Difference between Charter Schools and Charterlike Schools / Pearl Rock Kane 65

4 Contractual Constraints on School Management: Principals' Perspectives on the Teacher Contract / Dale Ballou 89

5 The Bronx Leadership Academy High School: The Challenges of Innovation / Lee Stuart 117

Part 3 Defining Good Pedagogy

6 The Teacher Crisis and Educational Standards / Stephan F. Brumberg 141

7 Teaching Reading: Phonics and the Whole-Language Method / Joanna P. Williams 167

8 Teaching Language Minorities: Theory and Reality / Christine H. Rossell 187

9 The Education of Handicapped Children / Frank J. Macchiarola 219

Part 4 Nonpublic Schools 237

10 Catholic Schools / Paul T. Hill, Mary Beth Celio

11 Jewish Day Schools / Marvin Schick 269

12 Historically Black Independent Schools / Gail Foster 291

Part 5 Choice

13 Public School Choice: A Status Report / Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, Christine Roch, Melissa Marschall 313

14 When Low-Income Students Move from Public to Private Schools / Paul E. Peterson, William G. Howell 339

15 School Finance Reform: Introducing the Choice Factor / Thomas Nechyba, Michael Heise 367.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0801863414

0801863422

OCLC:

42849753