The school that refused to die : continuity and change at Thomas Jefferson High School / Daniel L. Duke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Duke, Daniel Linden.

Series:

SUNY series in educational leadership.

Suny series, educational leadership

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas Jefferson High School (Richmond, Va.)--History.

Thomas Jefferson High School (Richmond, Va.).

Education, Urban--Virginia--Richmond--Case studies.

Education, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (113 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a fascinating, and disturbing, story of an urban high school's struggle to survive in the post-integration era of educational reform. Thomas Jefferson High School faced court-ordered busing, student unrest, white flight, district-sponsored alternative schools, high school consolidation, budget crises, closure threats, magnet programs, and co-existence with a Governor's School. Each event impacted the culture of academic excellence that had been painstakingly crafted during the school's first thirty years. This book offers a history of Tee-Jay from its inception in 1930 through its "glory days," covers the school's efforts to deal with the challenges of the post-integration era, and concludes with a discussion of what the Tee-Jay story can tell us about the future of academic high schools and integration in the urban areas of the United States. Daniel L. Duke is Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Virginia. He graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1965, the first year the school graduated a black student. Subsequently, he taught high school history and served as a high school administrator.

Contents:

CONTENTS; PREFACE; BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS IN TEE-JAY'S HISTORY; INTRODUCTION; PART 1. CREATING AN EXCELLENT HIGH SCHOOL; 1. Richmond, Its School System, and the Origins of Thomas Jefferson High School; 2. Building an Academic Culture; 3. Glory Days and Well-Rounded Students; PART 2. THE STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE EXCELLENCE; 4. Giving Proper Direction to Change; 5. The Certainty of Uncertainty; 6. The Challenge of Coexistence; PART 3. INTERPRETING THE TEE-JAY EXPERIENCE; 7. The Changing Face of School Desegregation; 8. The Struggle to Preserve Excellence

9. Keys to Organizational Survival: Continuity and ChangeORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY: A SOURCE OF INCREASED UNDERSTANDING OF SCHOOLS; NOTES; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Appendix; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-284) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-0160-4

0-585-04538-0

OCLC:

42854925