In her new book, Follow the Money, political scientist Sarah Reckhow discusses the rise of a new generation of education philanthropists, the differences among them, and how their work has played out in
some big city school systems.
She has run a couple of
big city school systems and is now superintendent in Atlanta.
The project grew out of a practical problem we encountered when studying
big city school systems: in many cities, the public school «system» is actually a collection of systems: school districts (often more than one), charter schools, and even state agencies.
Discord has run many good educators out of
big city school systems.
He made New York City a magnet for reform - minded entrepreneurs, sent forth more than a few excellent leaders to other
big city school systems, and is never afraid to speak his truth.
Union leaders steered the debate away from the academic records of two
big city school systems.
Sure he is — but the record shows it's not enough to be
a big city school system CEO.
Not exact matches
Which is one very sensible reason why the majority of teachers in the
big city systems do not send their own children to the public
schools.
«From taxing the wealthy to fund universal pre-K and after -
school programs to ending unnecessary subsidies to
big corporations and investing in our CUNY
system, Bill will be an ally for working families in
City Hall.
This appears aimed at undermining what Mayor de Blasio points to as one of his
biggest successes which is his stewardship of the New York
City public
school system.
The
biggest shares of foundation aid go to
school systems in New York
City and other urban and poor suburban areas.
Fluent in Spanish and an accomplished mariachi musician, Carranza had been coveted by several
big -
city school systems.
Fluent in Spanish and an accomplished mariachi musician, Carranza has been a coveted target of
big -
city school systems in the past.
When referencing Flanagan, who has spent five years in the
city school system, she allegedly asked, «Did you see his
big lips quivering?»
More Changes Coming to the
City's Public School's This Year The city's expanded pre-K program may be the biggest change to the city's school system this year, but it's by far not the only
City's Public
School's This Year The city's expanded pre-K program may be the biggest change to the city's school system this year, but it's by far not the onl
School's This Year The
city's expanded pre-K program may be the biggest change to the city's school system this year, but it's by far not the only
city's expanded pre-K program may be the
biggest change to the
city's school system this year, but it's by far not the only
city's
school system this year, but it's by far not the onl
school system this year, but it's by far not the only one.
Bersin was one of that group of reforming superintendents who were being brought in at the time from outside the world of education to manage
big -
city school systems, the most prominent being Joel Klein in New York C
city school systems, the most prominent being Joel Klein in New York
CityCity.
But if the next mayor of New York
City calls you on the day after his / her election and said simply, «Jean - Claude, the
Big Apple has the largest
school district in America, and that
system educated you and then employed you for two decades.
Perhaps the most prominent
big -
city superintendent in the nation, Vallas is widely credited with having turned around the Chicago
school system.
This article is based on the experience of civic and education leaders in six
big -
city school systems — New York City, New Orleans, Denver, Oakland, Newark, and Cleveland — that have adopted a «portfolio strategy.&ra
city school systems — New York
City, New Orleans, Denver, Oakland, Newark, and Cleveland — that have adopted a «portfolio strategy.&ra
City, New Orleans, Denver, Oakland, Newark, and Cleveland — that have adopted a «portfolio strategy.»
Mr. Fuller, the first person with little education experience chosen to head a
big -
city school system, is expected to step down this summer after four years in the job.
The prose in this volume will appeal more to the citation - enthralled political scientist than to the informed citizen, but the study itself brings together the best available evidence on the consequences of mayoral efforts to reform
big -
city school systems.
In 50 years, the council has grown from an organization with 12 districts to a membership consisting of 66
big -
city school systems across the nation.
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Big -
city school systems are fighting charters by giving parents a wider array of choices among their public
schools, suggesting that the choice genie has escaped from the bottle.
Britain, as well as the United States, has suffered in recent decades from plunging educational performance, particularly in its
big -
city school systems.
The fast - growing Clark County, Nev.,
school district has named a new superintendent, while leadership changes in several other
big -
city systems, including New York and Pittsburgh, continued to unfold last week.
In my experience, the responsible use of power is all too rare at the top of
big -
city school systems.
According to a recent article in the U.S. News & World Report, several
big -
city public
school systems face immense fiscal challenges.
Until recently, this eBay for educational philanthropy was available only to teachers in the New York
City school system, where it has channeled more than $ 2 million (more than 60 percent of which came from outside the
Big Apple) into over 1,400 classrooms.
The
biggest challenge facing U.S.
cities and their
school systems is concentrated poverty.
A tentative contract in Seattle may give teachers there a greater hand in running their
schools than any previous agreement involving a
big -
city school system, both union and
school officials say.
To parents choosing among
schools, to families deciding where to live, to taxpayers attempting to gauge the ROI on
schools they're supporting, and to policy makers concerned with
big - picture questions such as how their education
system is doing when compared with those in another
city, state, or country, that information is only marginally helpful — and potentially quite misleading.
One student said that in a
big city school, kids roll through the
system without even trying.
She has led the
school system for more than five years, far longer than the average three - year tenure of
school superintendents in
big cities.
Despite its relatively small size, Cincinnati, with roughly 30,000 students, has become a lodestar for
big -
city school systems across the country.
But the story doesn't seem to have any national resonance — perhaps because it's no longer a new story, and so few other
big -
city school systems have elected
school boards any more.
By Daniel Willingham Joel Klein, Michelle Rhee, and 14 other
big -
city school system heads have published a «manifesto» in The Washington Post.
The report is chilling in its description of how
school closures and privatization are destroying America's
big cities and turning urban public
school systems into institutions of last resort.
The small
schools were rolled out so quickly that, in some parts of the
city, there was no
system in place for the thousands of students who would have enrolled at the
big high
schools.
This fall, New Orleans» state - run Recovery
School District will become the nation's first big - city school system comprised entirely of charter sc
School District will become the nation's first
big -
city school system comprised entirely of charter sc
school system comprised entirely of charter
schools.
Fluent in Spanish and an accomplished mariachi musician, Carranza has been a coveted target of
big -
city school systems in the past
The first order of business for Mary Ronan as the acting superintendent of the Cincinnati
school system four years ago was making
big changes at more than a dozen of the
city's lowest - performing elementary
schools.
The
city's public charter
schools, which had higher scores than the traditional
system, made their
biggest gains since 2009.
The fate of neighborhood
schools in
big -
city school districts is perhaps the most sensitive education topic out there, given their historic role in disadvantaged communities, their struggle to educate children to high academic levels, and the process of gentrification and the disruption of the traditional education
system via charter
schools.
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To our possible enemies, however, who sit down at their planning tables to compute a schedule of take - off times for their existing bombing fleets, the hundred
biggest cities represented here by you do not mean historic streets and beautiful parks,
school systems in which you have pride, or the churches which are your fountains of faith.
The New York
City public
school system and NASA are also
big users.