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Education empire : the evolution of an excellent suburban school system / Daniel L. Duke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Duke, Daniel Linden.
- Series:
- SUNY series in educational leadership.
- SUNY series, educational leadership
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fairfax County Public Schools--History--Case studies.
- Fairfax County Public Schools.
- School management and organization--Virginia--Fairfax County--Case studies.
- School management and organization.
- Suburban schools--Virginia--Fairfax County--Case studies.
- Suburban schools.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 199 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Despite the fact that more than one-half of the students in the United States are educated in suburban schools, relatively little is known about the development of suburban school systems. Education Empire chronicles the evolution of Virginia's Fairfax County public schools, the twelfth largest school system in the country and arguably one of the very best. The book focuses on how Fairfax has addressed a variety of challenges, beginning with explosive enrollment growth in the 1950s and continuing with desegregation, enrollment decline, economic uncertainty, demands for special programs, and intense politicization. Today, Fairfax, like many suburbs across the country, looks increasingly like an urban school system, with rising poverty, large numbers of recent immigrants, and constant pressure from an assortment of special interest groups. While many school systems facing similar developments have experienced a drop in performance, Fairfax students continue to raise their achievement. Daniel L. Duke reveals the keys to Fairfax's remarkable track record.
- Contents:
- A classroom a day A ten-year trial Growing bigger and more diverse The intensification of educational politics Good isn't good enough It takes an excellent school system to ensure excellent schools Fairfax County Public Schools and the future of suburban education
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-191) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780791482988
- 0791482987
- 9781423747697
- 1423747690
- OCLC:
- 461441762
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