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Restructuring High Schools for Equity and Excellence
Lee, Valerie E.; Smith, Julia B.
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Description for Restructuring High Schools for Equity and Excellence
Paperback. An exploration of restructured high schools. Demonstrating empirical links to achievement, it investigates how restructuring relates to organizational and structural properties of schools such as their size, curriculum, instruction, teachers' attitudes to pupils, and how they encourage pupils. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNK; JNLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Do students who attend restructured high schools learn more? Is learning in these schools equal for students of different social groups? This distinctive volume is the first to explore these questions using data from a large (over 800 private and public schools) national survey. Demonstrating empirical links to achievement, this book investigates how restructuring relates to such organizational and structural properties of schools as their size, the curriculum, instruction, their teachers' attitudes toward students, and how they press their students to work hard and succeed. Going beyond any existing work on this topic, Restructuring High Schools for Equity and Excellence ... Read more
Do students who attend restructured high schools learn more? Is learning in these schools equal for students of different social groups? This distinctive volume is the first to explore these questions using data from a large (over 800 private and public schools) national survey. Demonstrating empirical links to achievement, this book investigates how restructuring relates to such organizational and structural properties of schools as their size, the curriculum, instruction, their teachers' attitudes toward students, and how they press their students to work hard and succeed. Going beyond any existing work on this topic, Restructuring High Schools for Equity and Excellence ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Teachers' College Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807740545
SKU
V9780807740545
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Reviews for Restructuring High Schools for Equity and Excellence
Lee and Smith do a masterful job of analyzing restructured schools in the NELS data. - Elizabeth G. Cohen, Professor Emerita, Education and Sociology, Stanford University ""At last! After nearly two decades of talk about restructuring, Lee and Smith provide sophisticated analyses of the impact of moving away from traditional bureaucratic forms of schooling. This book should both cheer and ... Read more