James Deneen, Carmen Catanese

Urban Schools

Crisis and Revolution

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Produktbeschreibung

Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781610480864
• ISBN-10: 1610480864
• Artikelnr.: 33464387

Autorenporträt

James Deneen is retired from Educational Testing Service, where he was a program director for the Advanced Placement Program. He has written several books on K-12 curriculum and assessment. Carmen Catanese is a co-founder of Citizens for Successful Schools. He is retired from the Sarnoff Corporation, where he was executive vice-president.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: What's the Problem? Chapter 1: Two Schools in Two Tiers Chapter
2: Schools and Society Chapter 3: Schools and the State Chapter 4: Urban
Schools across America Chapter 5: America Compared with the World Chapter
6: Barriers to Change Section II: Basic Factors in School Renewal Chapter
7: Does Poverty Mean Failure? Chapter 8: Essentials in Successful Schools
Chapter 9: Leadership and Responsibilities Section III: Reforming Failing
Schools Chapter 10: Restructuring Chapter 11: Teachers and Parents Chapter
12: Language and Extended Instruction Section IV: School Choice Chapter 13:
Public School Choices Chapter 14: Non-Public School Choices Conclusion: A
Plan for Reforming a Failing School