Education reform in New York City : ambitious change in the nation's most complex school system / edited by Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter and Louis M. Gomez.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard Education Press, c2011.Description: iv, 364 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781934742839
193474283X

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LA 339 E24 2011

Contents:

Introduction to the volume and Children First / Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter, and Joan E. Talbert -- Leadership and governance in New York City school reform / Paul T. Hill -- Parent and community engagement in New York City and the sustainability challenge for urban education reform / Jeffrey Henig, Eva Gold, Marion Orr, Megan Silander, and Elaine Simon -- Financing K-12 education in the Bloomberg years, 2002-2008 / Leanna Stiefel and Amy Ellen Schwartz -- Managing for results at the New York City Department of Education / Stacey Childress, Monica Higgins, Ann Ishimaru, and Sola Takahashi -- Improving instruction in New York City : an evolving approach / Jennifer O'Day and Catherine S. Bitter -- Collaborative inquiry to expand student success in New York City schools / Joan E. Talbert -- Recruiting, evaluating, and retaining teachers : the Children First strategy to improve New York City's teachers / Margaret Goertz, Susanna Loeb, and Jim Wyckoff -- Changing contexts and the challenge of high school reform in New York City / Leslie Santee Siskin -- School choice and competition in the New York City schools / Sean P. Corcoran and Henry M. Levin -- How students' views predict graduation outcomes and reveal instructional disparities under Children First reforms / Ronald F. Ferguson -- Children First and student outcomes : 2003-2010 / James J. Kemple -- Reflections on Children First / Jennifer A. O'Day and Catherine S. Bitter.

Summary: The public schools in New York City underwent major reforms through the Children First program. This book positions NYC as a model for other urban programs in need of systemic changes and improved learning systems.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	LA 339 E24 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000122993

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-335) and index.

Introduction to the volume and Children First / Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter, and Joan E. Talbert --
Leadership and governance in New York City school reform / Paul T. Hill --
Parent and community engagement in New York City and the sustainability challenge for urban education reform / Jeffrey Henig, Eva Gold, Marion Orr, Megan Silander, and Elaine Simon --
Financing K-12 education in the Bloomberg years, 2002-2008 / Leanna Stiefel and Amy Ellen Schwartz --
Managing for results at the New York City Department of Education / Stacey Childress, Monica Higgins, Ann Ishimaru, and Sola Takahashi --
Improving instruction in New York City : an evolving approach / Jennifer O'Day and Catherine S. Bitter --
Collaborative inquiry to expand student success in New York City schools / Joan E. Talbert --
Recruiting, evaluating, and retaining teachers : the Children First strategy to improve New York City's teachers / Margaret Goertz, Susanna Loeb, and Jim Wyckoff --
Changing contexts and the challenge of high school reform in New York City / Leslie Santee Siskin --
School choice and competition in the New York City schools / Sean P. Corcoran and Henry M. Levin --
How students' views predict graduation outcomes and reveal instructional disparities under Children First reforms / Ronald F. Ferguson --
Children First and student outcomes : 2003-2010 / James J. Kemple --
Reflections on Children First / Jennifer A. O'Day and Catherine S. Bitter.

The public schools in New York City underwent major reforms through the Children First program. This book positions NYC as a model for other urban programs in need of systemic changes and improved learning systems.

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