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Making school reform work : new partnerships for real change / Paul T. Hill and James Harvey, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School improvement programs--United States.
- School improvement programs.
- Community and school--United States.
- Community and school.
- Business and education--United States.
- Business and education.
- Education, Urban--United States.
- Education, Urban.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (145 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text identifies roles for foundations and civic groups in defining strategies for big-city school reform and in ensuring that promised changes are implemented. The authors suggest the establishment of several independent institutions to support the reform of big-city schools.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; 1. A Fresh Assessment: Why Reform Initiatives Fail; 2. The Need for New Institutions; 3. New Capacity for Civic Oversight; 4. Getting out of the Facilities Business; 5. Incubators for New Schools; 6. Taking Advantage of Teacher Turnover; 7. Institutions to Find, Prepare, and Support School Leaders; 8. Rethinking Data Capacity; 9. A School Inspectorate; 10. Toward a ""Third Way""; Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610813063
- 9781280813061
- 1280813067
- 9780815796671
- 0815796676
- OCLC:
- 476016562
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