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Organizing Schools for Improvement
Anthony S. Bryk
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Description for Organizing Schools for Improvement
Paperback. In 1988 the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources to reform their schools in dramatic ways. This book identifies a comprehensive set of practices and conditions that were key factors for improvement, including school leadership and the professional capacity of the faculty and staff. Num Pages: 304 pages, 72 line drawings, 11 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 520.
In 1988 the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources and authority to reform their schools in dramatic ways. To track the effects of this bold experiment, the authors of "Organizing Schools for Improvement" collected a wealth of data on elementary schools in Chicago. They identified one hundred elementary schools that had substantially improved, and one hundred that had not, over a seven-year period. What had the successful schools done to accelerate student learning? The authors of this illuminating book identify a comprehensive set of practices and conditions that were key factors for improvement, including school ... Read more
In 1988 the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources and authority to reform their schools in dramatic ways. To track the effects of this bold experiment, the authors of "Organizing Schools for Improvement" collected a wealth of data on elementary schools in Chicago. They identified one hundred elementary schools that had substantially improved, and one hundred that had not, over a seven-year period. What had the successful schools done to accelerate student learning? The authors of this illuminating book identify a comprehensive set of practices and conditions that were key factors for improvement, including school ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226078007
SKU
V9780226078007
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About Anthony S. Bryk
Anthony S. Bryk is president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Penny Bender Sebring is founding codirector of the Consortium on Chicago School Research (CCSR) at the Urban Education Institute at the University of Chicago. Elaine Allensworth is codirector for statistical analysis at CCSR. Stuart Luppescu is chief psychometrician at CCSR. John Q. Easton is executive director ... Read more
Reviews for Organizing Schools for Improvement
"This book will advance everyone's thinking about key ideas in school improvement. I was excited by the authors' willingness to go beyond descriptive facts to find out what specifically distinguishes two different student bodies with similar demographics. What is so important about this book is that it figures out and describes in various ways the vital role social capital plays ... Read more