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Starting up : critical lessons from 10 new schools / edited by Lisa Arrastia, Marvin Hoffman ; foreword by Pedro Noguera.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urban schools--United States--Case studies.
- Urban schools.
- New schools--United States--Case studies.
- New schools.
- Charter schools--United States--Case studies.
- Charter schools.
- School improvement programs--United States--Case studies.
- School improvement programs.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 174 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Teachers College Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Starting Up is a collection of first-person accounts by some of the best-known founders of new schools in America. The authors share how they worked to make their educational aspirations a reality while wrestling with social and economic obstacles, such as the distressed state of the communities in which these schools operated and the constant competition for resources. --from publisher description
- Contents:
- Central Park East School: starting out with small schools / Deborah Meier
- North Kenwood Oakland Charter School: small gestures and sturdy nests-the making of NKO / Marvin Hoffman
- Urban Academy High School: a place for the true entrepreneurs of education? / Ann Cook & Phyllis Tashlik
- Maya Angelou Public Charter School: a circle of trust-the story of the see forever school / James Forman, Jr., & David Domenici
- The Met: educating a nation one school at a time? just do it / Elliot Washor & Dennis Littky
- El Colegio Charter School: building el colegio / David Greenberg
- City as classroom school: in all cities geography is power / Lisa Arrastia
- Khalil Gibran International Academy: from dream to nightmare / Debbie Almontaser
- Social Justice High School: truth and transparency, community and collective power
- the evolution of Social Justice High School / Rito Martinez, with Lisa Arrastia
- High School for Recording Arts: old school, new school / David "TC" Ellis, with Sam Seidel.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807753071
- 0807753076
- 9780807753088
- 0807753084
- OCLC:
- 773369933
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