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This major contribution to the current literature serves two important objectives. First, it treats the educational problems of New York City as structural challenges common to all urban districts. Second, it introduces practices and issues that have long been overlooked in the debate on school reform. This volume will attract widespread attention in both the academic and the policy communities.
Book Details
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Education in the City
Chapter 1. Schooling in New York City: The Socioeconomic Context
Chapter 2. Public Schools That Work
Part II: Governance
Chapter 3. The
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Education in the City
Chapter 1. Schooling in New York City: The Socioeconomic Context
Chapter 2. Public Schools That Work
Part II: Governance
Chapter 3. The Difference Between Charter Schools and Charterlike Schools
Chapter 4. Contractual Constraints on School Management: Principals' Perspectives on the Teacher Contract
Chapter 5. The Bronx Leadership Academy High School: The Challenges of Innovation
Part III: Defining Good Pedagogy
Chapter 6. The Teacher Crisis and Educational Standards
Chapter 7. Teaching Reading: Phonics and the Whole-Language Method
Chapter 8. Teaching Language Minorities: Theory and Reality
Chapter 9. The Education of Handicapped Children
Part IV: Nonpublic Schools
Chapter 10. Catholic Schools
Chapter 11. Jewish Day Schools
Chapter 12. Historically Black Independent Schools
Part V: Choice
Chapter 13. Public School Choice: A Status Report
Chapter 14. When Low-Income Students Move From Public to Private Schools
Chapter 15. School Finance Reform: Introducing the Choice Factor
Index