Sentences with phrase «urban school reform»

Currently reading: I'm planning a course about urban school reform in the spring, so I am reading a lot of books on education reform.

Her research and teaching has been focused on urban school reform policy and practice, culturally relevant instruction, teacher student relationship - building practices, and civic education.

Few urban school reform efforts ever survive a change at the top.

Her work broadly focuses on urban school reform, data - informed leadership for equity, and how educators make sense of policy implementation.

«Even though the law says a lot about parent involvement, parents are usually on the other end of one - way communication,» said Lauren E. Allen, the senior program director for accountability at the Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform, based in Chicago...

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.

Discussions over urban school reform, teacher evaluation, property taxes, and school vouchers are all woven into the line items for education.

Photo by Jill Anderson Currently reading: I'm planning a course about urban school reform in the spring, so I am reading a lot of books on education reform.

As the first noneducator to take the helm of a large urban district, Vallas inspired a trend in urban school reform across the nation.

Her research reflects urban school reform initiatives such as the community school model, democratic community engagement, culturally relevant family engagement, and the intersection of housing and educational policy, particularly as it impacts vulnerable families.

Noguera said Global Village sought to right the wrongs of prior urban school reform efforts, and that meant empowering and organizing parents.

In 1991, Canton turned its back on tradition and embarked on a path that brought it to the forefront of national urban school reform.

Dr. Noguera has published over 200 research and scholarly articles, monographs, research reports, and editorials on topics such as urban school reform, education policy, conditions that promote student achievement, the role of education in community development, youth violence, and race and ethnic relations in American society as well as the author of several books.

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.

This sentiment sparked the modern urban school reform movement in Chicago.

This report takes a look at whether the underperforming Camden Public School System can set an example for effective urban school reform for the country.

Ashley Jochim explores the book's still timely political lessons on implementing and sustaining urban school reforms.

He has already shown promise of turning the 33,400 - student district into a model for urban school reform.

Inside School Turnarounds by Laura Pappano is a no - nonsense book delineating, sometimes in excruciating detail, the circumstances that surround genuine and courageous attempts at urban school reform.

More broadly, the Renewal effort's fate will have implications for the larger national debate over 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.

There is a hot debate raging in New York City and across the nation about how to effectively bring about urban school reform.

Of course they do, says James Lytle, an expert on urban school reform at the University of Pennsylvania.

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.

Our faculty is studying the most pressing issues facing our educational system today — the achievement gap, language and literacy, urban school reform, new leadership models, testing and accountability, to name just a few.

Edison's potential success in Philadelphia could give the for - profit EMO movement its biggest opportunity to date to prove its worth and open up a new channel for urban school reform.

Still, according to Stephen Tracy, Ed.D.» 84, Edison's chief architect behind the deal, Edison's potential success in Philadelphia could give the for - profit EMO movement its biggest opportunity to date to prove its worth and open up a new channel for urban school reform.

Liz City, a fourth year doctoral student who is concentrating in Education Policy, Leadership, and Instructional Practice with a particular interest in urban school reform, served as student speaker.

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.»

Her research focuses on educational policy and politics, and urban school reform, including the development and implementation of education policy and the impact of policy on the educational opportunities for at - risk students.

The Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform — a Chicago - based group that works with schools and communities in nine cities — studied how Chicago, Milwaukee, and Seattle implemented instructional improvement plans between 2000 and 2003.

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.

With a background that includes teaching in independent schools, management consulting, and urban school reform, Holleran — who also spent four years as...

With a background that includes teaching in independent schools, management consulting, and urban school reform, Holleran — who also spent four years as executive director of Bay...

I was a green junior professor interested in urban school reform.

With a background that includes teaching in independent schools, management consulting, and urban school reform, Holleran — who also spent four years as executive director of Bay Area for New Leaders, a division of New Leaders for New Schools — jumped at the challenge.

His research explores questions of educational significance related to teacher evaluation and human capital, urban school reform, school climate and safety, and education finance.

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.

Boston College professor Dennis Shirley wrote about the IAF's decades - long efforts in his 1997 book Community Organizing For Urban School Reform.

``... an engaging testimony to the possibility for positive youth - adult partnership in challenged urban schools... The book offers valuable insights for practitioners, researchers, and community members interested in positive youth development, youth - adult partnerships, or urban school reform... Thoughtful and engaging, a recommended read.»

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

Larson said the new university - school partnership could become a model for urban school reform.

Chicago: Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform, 1998.

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

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

And Houston, under the former leadership of Bush's Secretary of Education Rod Paige and an enlightened board of trustees, has been a beacon for urban school reform, having achieved well - deserved recognition as the best urban school district in America.

Terrance L. Green, The University of Texas at Austin Leading for Urban School Reform and Community Development Educational Administration Quarterly, December 2015; vol.

The Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform was a national network of school reformers based in Chicago, Illinois.