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Books on: school reform

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School Leadership in Times of Urban Reform

Book by Marilyn Bizar, Rebecca Barr; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2001

Subjects:

Education, Urban--Illinois--Chicago--Case Studies, Educational Leadership--Illinois--Chicago--Case Studies, School Improvement Programs--Illinois--Chicago--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...The Best Practice High School case, similar to Irving, shows how a new school evolves its unique culture...Leadership During Times of School Reform," synthesizes and discusses...reform, how the cultures of schools changed as reform progressed...
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From the Campus: Perspectives on the School Reform Movement

Book by Sol Cohen, Lewis C. Solmon; Praeger Publishers, 1989

Subjects:

Education--Aims And Objectives--United States, Public Schools--United States, Teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...on the national agenda. The reform movement has succeeded in accomplishing...as citizens and parents and school board members as well as practitioners...other hand, we assume that the school reform movement cannot long...prominent activists in the school reform movement have a refined...force change in the public schools. That school reform movement...
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Challenges of Conflicting School Reforms: Effects of New American Schools in a High-Poverty District

Book by Mark Berends, Joan Chun, Gina Schuyler, Sue Stockly, R. J. Briggs; Rand, 2002

Subjects:

Educational Change--United States, New American Schools (Organization), Poor Children--Education--United States, School Improvement Programs--United States

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the implementation of school reforms and the student results achieved...private) available to the school will be utilized to coordinate...to support and sustain the school reform. Schools and districts have considerable...legislation provides a list of school reform models as examples...
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Charting Chicago School Reform: Democratic Localism as a Lever for Change

Book by Anthony S. Bryk, Penny Bender Sebring, David Kerbow, Sharon Rollow, John Q. Easton; Westview Press, 1998

Subjects:

Educational Change--Illinois--Chicago, Public Schools--Illinois--Chicago, School Management And Organization--Illinois--Chicago, Schools--Decentralization--Illinois--Chicago

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...year of Chicago school reform . Chicago: Chicago...Chicago Panel on Public School Policy. Edmonds R. 1979 . Effective school for the urban poor...1991 . Restructuring schools: The next generation...J. 1970 . Community schools and social theory...Eds. . 1994 . Radical reforms: The series on contemporary...in state educational reform: Assessment and prospects...
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Critical Voices in School Reform: Students Living through Change

Book by Beth C. Rubin, Elena M. Silva; RoutledgeFalmer, 2003

Subjects:

Educational Change, School Improvement Programs, Student Participation In Administration, Students--Attitudes

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Critical Voices in School Reform: Students Living Through...analyzes programs of reform that turned out contrary...student perspectives on school change. Part two looks...school life. These reforms, which were finely...from looking at school reform through a student...

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Journal Articles on: school reform

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Legislating Accountability: Standards, Sanctions, and School District Reform

Journal article by Aaron J. Saiger; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 46, 2005

Subjects:

Educational accountability--Laws, regulations and rules, Educational reform--Laws, regulations and rules, School districts--Standards

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...nations most troubled school districts for decades...shift in efforts to reform these troubled districts...2) Accountability reforms operate in the public...problems of failing schools. They rely upon legislative...benefit troubled public schools. Threats of disestablishment...standards-based school reform: determining how...too low, desirable reforms go unimplemented...that districts and schools cannot achieve...
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Co-construction: a Facilitator for School Reform in School, Community and University Partnerships

Journal article by Grace Carroll, Velma Lapoint, Kenneth Tyler; The Journal of Negro Education, Vol. 70, 2001

Subjects:

Academic achievement, Education reform, Models, Schools

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...the five partnership schools, GSE faculty and graduate...valued the ethnographic school reform data and noted different...very useful in school reform although they have been...researchers, external to the school, are charged with implementing school reform and enter schools as "experts." They...
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The School Change Feedback Process: Creating a New Role for Counselors in Education Reform

Journal article by Robert D. Colbert, Russ Vernon-Jones, Kenneth Pransky; Journal of Counseling and Development, Vol. 84, 2006

Subjects:

Educational reform--Research, Psychological research, School counselors--Research, Student counselors--Research

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...develop new ways for school counselors to integrate...programs in the central reform "action" of schools. Comprehensive developmental school counseling programs...Colbert, M. (2003). School counselor involvement...centered education reform. In P. B. Pedersen...Multicultural counseling in schools: A practical handbook...
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How to Reform a Reform Coalition: Outreach, Agenda Expansion, and Brokerage in Urban School Reform

Journal article by Chris Ansell, Sarah Reckhow, Andrew Kelly; Policy Studies Journal, Vol. 37, 2009

Subjects:

Coalition (Social sciences)--Laws, regulations and rules, Coalitions (Social sciences)--Laws, regulations and rules, Education and state--Interpretation and construction, Education policy--Interpretation and construction, Educational reform--Planning, School districts--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...creation of small schools, but these individuals...asked about their school reform priorities...their top three reform strategy priorities...of 18 possible reforms. (13) Table...supportive of Oakland school reform--particularly...small autonomous schools. Nonetheless...involved in Oakland schools build strategic alliances to carry school reform forward? One strategy...
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School Social Workers and Urban Education Reform with African American Children and Youth: Realities, Advocacy, and Strategies for Change

Journal article by Martell Teasley; School Community Journal, Vol. 14, 2004

Subjects:

African Americans, Children & youth, Education reform, Schools, Social work, Social workers, Urban areas

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...certification, and reform of failing schools. Liberals endorsed...equality such as smaller school classrooms, professional...successful education reform in urban communities...within the rubric of school choice measures such as charter schools, school vouchers, and the restructuring...

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Magazine Articles on: school reform

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Ramping Up Schoolwide Reform: Three Urban Districts Experience Gains Resulting from America's Choice Design

Magazine article by Thomas Toch; School Administrator, Vol. 62, January 2005

Subjects:

Educational reform--Management, Nonprofit organizations--Services, Public schools--Educational aspects, School districts--Demographic aspects, School districts--Educational aspects

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...prominent role in the reform effort. Howard named...director of whole-school reform, who in turn helped educate school board members about...between East Orange schools and Americas Choice...federal Comprehensive School Reform Program and other federal...performance of Americas Choice schools. CPREs studies can...
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Creating Sustainable Reform: Five Urban Districts Implement Models for Continuous Improvement and Lasting Change

Magazine article by Christopher R. Brown, David Spangler; School Administrator, Vol. 63, September 2006

Subjects:

Educational reform--Forecasts and trends, School districts--Management, School superintendents--Management

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...state. Whittier City Schools The reform movement in the Whittier, Calif., City School District began about...math. Lawrence Public Schools The Lawrence, Mass., Public Schools, under Superintendent...fifth year of systemic reform efforts. When Laboy...in July 2000, each school was in the process of...
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High Challenge, High Support: The District's Role in High School Reform Can Be Boiled Down to Two Strategies: Defining High Expectations and Offering an Array of Options

Magazine article by Tom Vander Ark; School Administrator, Vol. 63, January 2006

Subjects:

Educational reform--Analysis, Educational reform--Forecasts and trends, School districts--Forecasts and trends, United States--Education policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...partnerships to support reforms. Schools and districts frequently need...comprehensive change. When schools attempt reforms without promising models or...have developed comprehensive school reform models to raise the academic...Universitys Talent Development High Schools and the Southern Regional...
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A Federal Role in High School Reform

Magazine article by Mary Kusler; School Administrator, Vol. 61, November 2004

Subjects:

Educational reform--Interpretation and construction, Federal aid to education, Government aid to education, Schools--Management, Schools--United States, United States--Education policy

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...yet needs differ greatly among high-performing magnet schools, alternative high schools and comprehensive high schools. How does one begin a conversation about high school reform if the participants are stuck in a one-size-fits-all...
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Why Can't Schools Be like Businesses? Dissecting the Wrong Assumptions and Ill-Conceived Logic of Business-Minded Reform Proposals for Public Education

Magazine article by Larry Cuban; School Administrator, Vol. 63, February 2006

Subjects:

Educational reform--Economic aspects, Educational reform--Management, Public schools--Forecasts and trends, Public schools--Management, School administration--Economic aspects, School administration--Laws, regulations and rules, School management and organization--Economic aspects, School management and organization--Laws, regulations and rules

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...inefficient and ineffective school districts and schools to answer the question...involvement in U.S. school reform, I looked at the 1890s...sought major school reforms. Nearly a century ago...partisan, corporate-like school boards that hired professional...invented junior high schools and created large comprehensive...

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Newspaper Articles on: school reform

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School Reform at Center Stage; D.C. Advocates Push Options for Greater Student Opportunities

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), October 7, 2009

Subjects:

Charter schools--Political aspects, Educational reform--Political aspects, Federal aid to education--Political aspects, Government aid to education--Political aspects, Scholarships (Financial aid)--Political aspects, Scholarships--Political aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

School Reform at Center Stage; D...C. advocates for school reform in all three...traditional public schools, public charter schools...the Public Education Reform Project. Ms. Levy...D.C. schools and school reform. Sen. Susan...C. public charter schools, Mr. Cane highlighted...
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D.C. Charter School Laws Earn 'A'; Education-Reform Group Cites City, Underscoring Rhee's Efforts

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), January 13, 2011

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Charter schools--Laws, regulations and rules, Educational reform--Laws, regulations and rules, The Center for Education Reform

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Center for Education Reform study for supporting...institute groundbreaking reforms and broaden school choice. I am in favor...numbers of charter-school teachers, none of whom...often include longer school days and weekend classes...influence in charter schools in several states...Center for Education Reform, said Wednesday. In...
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School Reform Takes Time, but at North, It's Working

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), October 14, 2009

Subjects:

Educational reform, High schools

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

School Reform Takes Time, but at North...about the progress of our school reforms at North Eugene High School. The NEHS campus now consists of three small schools: the Academy of Arts (AoA); the school of Invention, Design, Engineering...
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SNP's 'Blueprint for Schools Mediocrity'; English-Style Education Reforms Rejected by Russell

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 10, 2010

Subjects:

Education grants, Education--United Kingdom, Educational reform, Schools--United Kingdom

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...English-Style Education Reforms Rejected by Russell...calls for the sweeping reforms under way south of...on low-performing schools has been crucial...need for education reform, Mr Russell said...where they believe in a school versus school approach...the most effective school leaders tells us that...Russell, speaking at a schools conference in Edinburgh...organised by think-tank Reform Scotland also stressed...
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School Reforms, Rhee in Limbo after D.C. Vote; Teachers Union Backed Gray

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 16, 2010

Subjects:

Educational reform, Rhee, Michelle, Teachers

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

School Reforms, Rhee in Limbo after...York State Charter Schools Association, many...child who goes to school in the District...and to keep school reform on track, Mr. Wells...the nations public schools. Mr. Fentys loss...they cant lose at schools that produce students...administration for school funding - a grant...The Districts school reforms are definitely in...politics and education reform are inextricably linked...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: school reform

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Dewey, Melvil

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...where he established the first library training school (now defunct). As librarian (1889 1906...Albany he founded another important library school. His interests extended from spelling reform to organizing the Lake Placid Club, a resort...
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Brown, James

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Barnwell, S.C., as James Joe Brown, Jr. Abandoned by his parents, he left school in the seventh grade and turned to petty crime. After three years in reform school, Brown joined (1952) the Gospel Starlighters, which soon became the Famous...
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Tyson, Mike

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...MIKE (Michael Gerald Tyson), 1966 , American boxer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. At the age of 12, Tyson was sent to reform school, where he began to box. In a whirlwind career begun in 1985, his spare, brutal style (36 knockouts in his first...
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Charles XIV , King of Sweden and Norway

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...throughout his reign, which was marked by internal improvements, notably the completion of the Gota Canal and a reform of the school system. However, his increasing opposition to the liberals made him unpopular by the end of his reign. The founder...
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Farel, Guillaume

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...dEtaples at Meaux to aid in church reform and to establish an evangelical school for students and preachers...received permission to spread the reform doctrine throughout the canton...immediately instituted widespread reform of church practices. These...

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