School leadership in times of urban reform / edited by Marilyn Bizar, Rebecca Barr ; [foreword by Dan C. Lortie].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bizar, Marilyn.

Barr, Rebecca

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

Topics in educational leadership

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

Educational leadership.

School improvement programs--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

School improvement programs.

Education, Urban--Illinois--Chicago--Case studies.

Education, Urban.

Illinois--Chicago.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 269 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001.

Summary:

Examines schools in Chicago, where the largest experiment in site-based management & accountability is being enacted. An analysis allows insights relevant beyond this single site & permits pursuit of an agenda concerned w/ educational leadership & reform

Contents:

Section 1 Conceptualizing Leadership in the Context of School Reform / Rebecca Barr, Marilyn Bizar 1

Section 2 The Response of Schools to the Initial Years of Reform 21

Case 1 Reform at Jackson Elementary: Transition to Site-Based Management / Marilyn Bizar 23

Case 2 The Chicago School Reform at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy / Karen L. Morris, Joseph C. Fischer 47

Reflection on Cases 1 and 2 77

Section 3 Tensions Between the Local School Council and the Principal 81

Case 3 Field of Dreams / Nelda Hobbs 83

Case 4 Yeah Yeah Boo Boo / Pete Leki 103

Section 4 Reform as an Opportunity for Creating Responsive Instruction 125

Case 5 Washington Irving School: Its Development and Change / Madeleine Maraldi 127

Case 6 La Lucha Continua: Teachers Engaged in the Struggle Over Ideas and Authority / Peggy Mueller 145

Section 5 New Beginnings: Making Changes in High School Instruction and Learning 177

Case 7 Developing Leadership in Literacy at Amundsen High School: A Case Study of Change / Donna M. Ogle, Ken Hunter 179

Case 8 The Best Practice High School: Creating a New Small School in a Big City / Steve Zemelman 195

Section 6 Insights Into Leadership During Times of School Reform / Rebecca Barr, Marilyn Bizar 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-256) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0805824510

OCLC:

43864416