Urban School System of the Future - Applying the Principles and Lessons of Chartering

Informationen zum Autor By Andy Smarick Klappentext 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionThe District as The SystemGovernment Services Through Multiple ProvidersChartering as The SystemManaging the Portfolio of SchoolsSection I: The Traditional Urban School DistrictChapter 1: The Failure of Urban DistrictsThe Role of Public Education in America's CitiesContemporary ResultsLongstanding Under-performanceExplanation for the CrisisChapter 2: The Failure of ReformIncreases in FundingStandards and AccountabilityChoice and CompetitionSo What Went Wrong?Chapter 3: The Quality CurveDataChapter 4: The Failure of FixingWhy Do Failing Schools Survive?Yesterday's and Today's SchoolsThe Stickiness of FailureDefining Turnaround DownNCLB and Failing SchoolsOwning Up to Failed Improvement EffortsFlailing in the DarkStill in its Infancy?Keep DiggingMisunderstanding the Lessons of High-Performing, High-Poverty SchoolsBeyond EducationSection II: Urban Charter SchoolingChapter 5: The Charter RevolutionA New Type of SchoolThe Evolution of CharteringChartering and America's CitiesThe Purposes and Potential of CharteringChapter 6: The Charter Quality Curve Off on the Wrong Track Variations in Charter PerformanceCharter Performance DataCharter-District Distribution ComparisonsConclusionChapter 7: The Systemic Innovations of CharteringStarting NewDiversification: Removing Exclusive AuthorityAuthorizingOperatorsReplications and ExpansionsClosuresSection III: Urban Private SchoolingChapter 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 EducationThe Disappearance of Inner-City Private SchoolsToward a SolutionChapter 9: The Private Quality Curve The Quality Distribution of Urban Private SchoolsPrivate Schools in MilwaukeeAdditional EvidenceConclusionSection IV: The Urban School System of the FutureChapter 10: Characteristics of the New SystemCloser Than We ThinkA Word about the DistrictPillars of the New SystemChancellor of the City School SystemAuthorizersSchool OperatorsPrivate SchoolsAdditional Issues to ConsiderConclusionChapter 11: Finishing the JobFrom District-centered to School-centeredThe Proliferation of ChoiceChurning the Schools PortfolioIntegrating the Three Sectors...

Product details

• Authors: Andy Smarick
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.10.2012
• EAN: 9781607094777
• ISBN: 978-1-60709-477-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: New Frontiers in Education; New Frontiers in Education
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education