Policy, leadership, and student achievement : implications for urban communities / edited by C. Kent McGuire, Vivian W. Ikpa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McGuire, C. Kent.

Ikpa, Vivian W.

Series:

Achievement gap, research, practice, and policy

The achievement gap, research, practice, and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

United States.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Academic achievement--United States.

Academic achievement.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xvii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Pub., [2008]

Contents:

Meeting the challenges of urban communities: funding school districts / C. Kent McGuire

Taking over: which school leadership structures generate success in restructured districts? / Mark Hoff

A research-based profession is needed to meet the challenge of urban schools / David M. Gates

Professional identity formation: socialization and mentoring of pre-service teachers in urban communities / Roselynn U. Obi

Caribbean students' adjustment to college: implications for higher education policy / D. Bruce Campbell, Jr.

Addressing the needs of Hispanic students in K-16 settings / Jeannette Perez

Meeting the academic needs of urban populations: homeless families and students / Kimberly D. Matthews

Wordsworth Academy: adapting educational reform to the private alternative school setting / Roger Cadenhead

Student achievement and school reform in an urban school district / Vivian Ikpa

Education policy and student achievement in urban schools: assessing the P.A.T.H.S. program / Diane Bowen-Lipscomb

Supplemental educational services in Pennsylvania: policy perspectives, effects, and challenges / Charlyene C. Pinckney

Alternative certification: does it lend itself as a form of viable policy to be included as a factor in teacher preparation and certification? / Debra Johnson

Deconstructing special and gifted education policy and practice: a paradigm of ethical leadership in residentially segregated schools and communities / York Williams

Reforming urban schools: five years from despair to hope / Donald J. Anticoli

Building capacity and raising awareness: implementing NCLB and its impact on world languages / Oscar Torres, Jr.

Motivating students through meaningful report cards / Laurie Zaring

Universal pre-kindergarten as a basis of urban educational reform / Greg Kratzer.

Notes:

"Chapters in this book reflect the scholarly papers presented at the July 2006 Education Policy, Leadership Summer Insititute (EPLSI)"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1593119739

9781593119737

1593119747

9781593119744

OCLC:

233591821