Reinterpreting urban school reform : have urban schools failed, or has the reform movement failed urban schools? / edited by Louis F. Miron and Edward P. St. John.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mirón, Luis F.

St. John, Edward P.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--United States.

Education, Urban.

Educational change--United States.

Educational change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A critical look at urban school reform efforts.

Contents:

""Reinterpreting Urban School Reform""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction: Rethinking Urban School Reform by Louis F. Mirón and Edward P. St. John""; ""Part I: The Courts and Urban Schools""; ""1. School Desegregation Is Over in the Inner Cities: What Do We Do Now? by Richard Fossey""; ""2. The Need for Issues-Driven School Funding Reform in Urban Schools by Neil Theobald""; ""Part II: Government Initiated, External Reforms""; ""3. Federal Title I as a Reform Strategy in Urban Schools by Kenneth K. Wong""

""4. Inclusive Education in High Stakes, High Poverty Environments: The Case of Students with Learning Disabilities in Indiana�s Urban Schools and the Graduation Qualifying Examination by Genevieve Manset and Sandra Washburn""""5. Race, Restructuring, and Educational Reform: The Mayoral Takeover of the Detroit Public Schools by Barry M. Franklin""; ""Part III: Independently Adopted Research-Based Reforms""

""6. Research-Based Reading Reform: The Impact of State-Funded Interventions on Educational Outcomes in Urban Elementary Schools by Edward P. St. John, Genevieve Manset, Choong-Geun Chung, Ada B. Simmons, Glenda Droogsma Musoba, Kim Manoil, and Kim Worth""""7. Comprehensive School Reform: An Exploratory Study by Edward P. St. John, Genevieve Manset, Choong-Geun Chung, Glenda Droogsma Musoba, Siri Loescher, Ada B. Simmons, David Gordon, and Carol Anne Hossler""; ""8. Private Scholarships and School Choice: Innovation or Class Reproduction? by Carolyn S. Ridenour and Edward P. St. John""

""Part IV: Community-Based Reforms""""9. Parental and Community Empowerment: The Chicago Model by Kathryn Nakagawa""; ""10. Joint Ventures Between Public Schools and City Government: Implications for Community Development by Louis F. Mirón""; ""11. Rediscovering the African-American Tradition: Restructuring in Post-Desegregation Urban Schools by Leetta Allen-Haynes, Edward P. St. John, and Joseph Cadray""; ""Part V: A Critical-Empirical View""; ""12. A Critical-Empirical Perspective on Urban School Reform by Edward P. St. John and Louis Mirón""

""13. Implications of the New Global Context for Urban Reform by Louis F. Mirón and Edward P. St. John""""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8692-3

1-4175-0091-3

OCLC:

54770776