In plain sight : simple, difficult lessons from New Jersey's expensive efforts to close the achievement gap / Gordon MacInnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacInnes, Gordon, 1941-

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--New Jersey.

Educational equalization.

Academic achievement.

School improvement programs.

New Jersey.

Education and state--New Jersey.

Education and state.

School improvement programs--New Jersey.

Academic achievement--New Jersey.

Physical Description:

viii, 129 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Century Foundation Press, 2009.

Summary:

The Century Foundation sponsors and supervises timely analyses of economic policy, foreign affairs, and domestic political issues. Not-for-profit and nonpartisan, it was founded in 1919 and endowed by Edward A. Filene.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Education Is for Readers Only 5

3 The Instructional Problems Facing New Jersey's City Schools Are Mirrored in Cities across the Nation 17

4 The Abbott Decisions Set the Stage for Attacking the Achievement Gap 23

5 Switching the Priority from Compliance with Court Mandates to Promoting Early Literacy 31

6 Providing Quality Preschool Is Not Child's Play 41

7 New Jersey's Judicial Mandates versus the Drive to Improve Classroom Instruction 55

8 Districts Must Lead If Academic Performance Is to Improve 63

9 Special Education Students and English-Language Learners 87

10 Lessons Learned in Attempting to Close the Achievement Gap 95

11 Epilogue 105.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-115) and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9780870785139

0870785133

OCLC:

276993580