Powerful Reforms with Shallow Roots: Improving America's Urban Schools - Softcover

 
9780807742921: Powerful Reforms with Shallow Roots: Improving America's Urban Schools
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ISBN 10: 0807742929 ISBN 13: 9780807742921
Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2003

Synopsis

Drastic reform measures are being implemented in growing numbers of urban communities as the public’s patience has finally run out with perpetually nonperforming public schools. This authoritative and eye-opening volume examines governance changes in six cities during the 1990s, where either mayoral control of schools has occurred or where noneducators have been appointed to lead school districts. Featuring up-close, in-depth case studies of Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Boston, San Diego, and Seattle, this book explores the reasons why these cities chose to alter their traditional school governance structures and analyzes what happened when the reforms were implemented and whether or not teachers and students performed better because of them.

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About the Author

Larry Cuban is Professor Emeritus of Education at Stanford University and Michael Usdan is a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, D.C., where he served as the organization's president for 20 years.

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Publisher
Teachers College Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0807742929
ISBN 13 
9780807742921
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192
Editor
Cuban Larry, Usdan Michael

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