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Informationen zum Autor By Daniel L. Duke Klappentext Between 2002 and 2016, the federal government, state governments, and school districts undertook unprecedented measures to improve the lowest-performing schools. This book draws on dozens of actual examples to illustrate the wide range of interventions adopted over this time period. Among the initiatives examined in depth are efforts by states to provide technical assistance to schools and districts, offer students educational choices, engage communities in school improvement, take over low-performing schools and districts, create special state-run school districts, and close failing schools. Also discussed are district-initiated measures, including programs to standardize instruction, innovative approaches to raising student achievement, and restructuring of district operations. The book concludes with an assessment of 15 years of turnaround initiatives and recommendations based on lessons learned over this time period. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsIntroductionSection I: The Making of a MissionChapter 1: The Evolving Role of the Federal Government in Helping the Lowest-performing SchoolsChapter 2: "If You Can Turn Around Buffalo, You Can Turn Around Anything"Section II: The States' Growing Impact on the Lowest-performing SchoolsChapter 3: State Takeovers and the Complexities of Policy Making for the Lowest-performing School Districts and SchoolsChapter 4: An Alternative Form of State Takeover: The Special State District for Low-performing SchoolsChapter 5: Technical Assistance and TrainingChapter 6: Choice, Community Action, and ClosureSection III: Local Responses to State and Federal Pressure to Help the Children Left BehindChapter 7: One Best Way to Leave No Child BehindChapter 8: Local Innovation and Options: A Better Prescription?Chapter 9: Developing District Capacity to Support School TurnaroundsSection IV: Reflections on America's Struggle to Improve Its Lowest-performing SchoolsChapter 10: Reviewing an Equivocal VerdictChapter 11: Thinking about the Path Ahead...
