Sentences with phrase «of urban school reform»

How the District (and other places) answers it will shape the next decade of urban school reform.

«THE RULE brilliantly connects multiple audiences from varying backgrounds and points of view to issues of urban school reform in the public sector.

On Wednesday, Newark Public Schools» superintendent Chris Cerf visited AEI to talk about the state of Newark's schools, the aftermath of the $ 100 million Zuckerberg gift to the district, and the challenges of urban school reform.

His fact - packed account distills the racial controversies of the sixties and concludes with two full chapters on Boston's teachers and their union with the following assessment: «Teacher negotiations generally retard the pace of urban school reform.»

A unique blend of education - savvy business leaders, a superintendent with stamina, and a mature accountability system has made Houston into the darling of urban school reform.

The award put the district and school leaders in the spotlight as exemplars of urban school reform and brought Orange County students $ 500,000 in scholarships.

Dr. White specializes in the areas of urban school reform, community engagement, organizational change, middle level education, and leadership development.

Cahill, who was in charge of urban school reform at the Carnegie Foundation, came to the nation's largest school district last year to oversee a total revamping of its high school program.

As the evidence of urban school reforms based on the Superman model accumulates, it is becoming clear that most have been unable to turn a single superintendency into a continuing regime: a lasting organization that continues after the high profile superintendent leaves.

«It is an urban school district, and it has undergone various forms of urban school reform: decentralization, recentralization and now, the new prescription for urban school reform, is to become a charter school,» said Marytza Gawlik, who teaches in Wayne State University's Education Leadership & Policy Studies Department, in Detroit.

For all the discussion of urban school reform, including the planned takeover of Camden schools, there is no additional money for the state satellite centers that are charged with overseeing improvements.

, A decade of urban school reform: Persistence and progress in the Boston Public Schools (pp. 219 — 242).