Andy Smarick

The Urban School System of the Future

Applying the Principles and Lessons of Chartering

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Produktbeschreibung

For more than two generations, the traditional urban school system-the district-has utterly failed to do its job: prepare its students for a lifetime of success. Millions and millions of boys and girls have suffered the grievous consequences. The district is irreparably broken. For the sake of today's and tomorrow's inner-city kids, it must be replaced. The Urban School System of the Future argues that vastly better results can be realized through the creation of a new type of organization that properly manages a city's portfolio of schools using the revolutionary principles of chartering. It will ensure that new schools are regularly created, that great schools are expanded and replicated, that persistently failing schools are closed, and that families have access to an array of high-quality options. This new entity will focus exclusively on school performance, meaning, among other things, our cities can thoughtfully integrate their traditional public, charter public, and private schools into a single, high-functioning k-12 system. For decades, the district has produced the most heartbreaking results for already at-risk kids. The Urban School System of the Future explains how we can finally turn the tide and create dynamic, responsive, high-performing, self-improving urban school systems that fulfill the promise of public education.

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Produktdetails

• New Frontiers in Education
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9781607094760
• ISBN-10: 1607094762
• Artikelnr.: 35719948

Autorenporträt

By Andy Smarick

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The District as The System Government Services Through
Multiple Providers Chartering as The System Managing the Portfolio of
Schools Section I: The Traditional Urban School District Chapter 1: The
Failure of Urban Districts The Role of Public Education in America's Cities
Contemporary Results Longstanding Under-performance Explanation for the
Crisis Chapter 2: The Failure of Reform Increases in Funding Standards and
Accountability Choice and Competition So What Went Wrong? Chapter 3: The
Quality Curve Data Chapter 4: The Failure of Fixing Why Do Failing Schools
Survive? Yesterday's and Today's Schools The Stickiness of Failure Defining
Turnaround Down NCLB and Failing Schools Owning Up to Failed Improvement
Efforts Flailing in the Dark Still in its Infancy? Keep Digging
Misunderstanding the Lessons of High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools
Beyond Education Section II: Urban Charter Schooling Chapter 5: The Charter
Revolution A New Type of School The Evolution of Chartering Chartering and
America's Cities The Purposes and Potential of Chartering Chapter 6: The
Charter Quality Curve Off on the Wrong Track Variations in Charter
Performance Charter Performance Data Charter-District Distribution
Comparisons Conclusion Chapter 7: The Systemic Innovations of Chartering
Starting New Diversification: Removing Exclusive Authority Authorizing
Operators Replications and Expansions Closures Section III: Urban Private
Schooling Chapter 8: Private Schooling and the Public System The
Development of American Private Education Separating the Sectors Religion
and Public Schools Private Schools and Public Policy International
Comparisons of Private Education The Disappearance of Inner-City Private
Schools Toward a Solution Chapter 9: The Private Quality Curve The Quality
Distribution of Urban Private Schools Private Schools in Milwaukee
Additional Evidence Conclusion Section IV: The Urban School System of the
Future Chapter 10: Characteristics of the New System Closer Than We Think A
Word about the District Pillars of the New System Chancellor of the City
School System Authorizers School Operators Private Schools Additional
Issues to Consider Conclusion Chapter 11: Finishing the Job From
District-centered to School-centered The Proliferation of Choice Churning
the Schools Portfolio Integrating the Three Sectors