City schools : lessons from New York / edited by Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ravitch, Diane.

Viteritti, Joseph P., 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Urban--New York (State)--New York.

Education, Urban.

Education, Elementary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rossell, Boston University; Marvin Schick, Avi Chai Foundation; Mark Schneider, SUNY, Stony Brook; Lee Stuart, South Bronx Churches; Paul Teske, SUNY, Stony Brook; Emanuel Tobier, New York University; Joanna P. Williams, Columbia University.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I Education in the City; 1 Schooling in New York City: The Socioeconomic Context; 2 Public Schools That Work; PART I I Governance; 3 The Difference between Charter Schools and Charterlike Schools; 4 Contractual Constraints on School Management: Principals' Perspectives on the Teacher Contract; 5 The Bronx Leadership Academy High School: The Challenges of Innovation; PART III Defining Good Pedagogy; 6 The Teacher Crisis and Educational Standards; 7 Teaching Reading: Phonics and the Whole-Language Method

8 Teaching Language Minorities: Theory and Reality9 The Education of Handicapped Children; PART IV Nonpublic Schools; 10 Catholic Schools; 11 Jewish Day Schools; 12 Historically Black Independent Schools; PART V Choice; 13 Public School Choice: A Status Report; 14 When Low-Income Students Move from Public to Private Schools; 15 School Finance Reform: Introducing the Choice Factor; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-8018-7671-0

OCLC:

923190717