Organizing Schools for Improvement
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1980s
20th century
A01=Anthony S. Bryk
A01=Elaine Allensworth
A01=John Q. Easton
A01=Penny Bender Sebring
A01=Stuart Luppescu
Author_Anthony S. Bryk
Author_Elaine Allensworth
Author_John Q. Easton
Author_Penny Bender Sebring
Author_Stuart Luppescu
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change
chicago
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decentralized
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elementary
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k12
leadership
learning
opportunity
organization
parenting
parents
practices
progress
public school
reform
resources
schooling
student
success
teacher
urban
Product details
- ISBN 9780226077994
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 15 x 24mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jan 2010
- Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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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 leadership, the professional capacity of the faculty and staff, and a student-centered learning climate. In addition, they analyze the impact of social dynamics, including crime, critically examining the inextricable link between schools and their communities. Putting their data onto a more human scale, they also chronicle the stories of two neighboring schools with very different trajectories. The lessons gleaned from this groundbreaking study will be invaluable for anyone involved with urban education.
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 of CCSR.
