American School Reform - What Works, What Fails, and Why

Dissecting twenty years of educational politics in our nation's largest cities, this book evaluates the half-billion-dollar Annenberg Challenge - launched in 1994 - alongside many other large-scale reform efforts that have taken place in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

About the author

Joseph P. McDonald is professor of teaching and learning at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University. He is the author or coauthor of many books, including, most recently Going Online with Protocols and Going to Scale with New School Designs. The Cities and Schools Research Group consists of Jolley Bruce Christman, Thomas B. Corcoran, Norm Fruchter, Milbrey W. McLaughlin, Gordon Pradl, Gabriel Reich, Mark Smylie, and Joan Talbert.

Summary

Dissecting twenty years of educational politics in our nation's largest cities, this book evaluates the half-billion-dollar Annenberg Challenge - launched in 1994 - alongside many other large-scale reform efforts that have taken place in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Product details

• Authors: Cities and Schools Research Group, Joseph P Mcdonald, Joseph P. McDonald, Joseph P. Cities and Schools Research Gr Mcdonald, McDonald Joseph P.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9780226124698
• ISBN: 978-0-226-12469-8
• No. of pages: 208
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / General