A practical look at how a large city built a smarter, more accountable school system in the early 1900s.
This edition examines the methods Brooklyn used to align schools with what the community expected from education, including how testing, records, and management shaped daily practice.
Through concrete examples and administrative detail, the book shows how leaders defined goals, measured progress, and tightened operations. It covers topics from efficiency standards and principal responsibilities to routine inspections, testing programs, and the use of data to drive decisions. Readers will see how schools organized testing crews, coordinated with teachers, and improved classroom and building upkeep to support learning.
Key ideas explored include:
- How efficiency records and testing shaped school accountability
- Strategies for planning, staffing, and managing large student groups
- Roles of principals, teachers, and councils in school governance
- Toward a professional, results‑driven educational system
Ideal for readers of educational administration history, policy makers, and anyone curious about early efforts to quantify and improve public schooling.