School Leadership in Times of Urban Reform

Examines schools in Chicago, where the largest experiment in site-based management & accountability is being enacted. An analysis allows insights relevant beyond this single site & permits pursuit of an agenda concerned w/ educational leadership & reform

List of contents

Contents: D.C. Lortie, Foreword. Preface. Part I: R. Barr, M. Bizar,Conceptualizing Leadership in the Context of School Reform.Part II:The Response of Schools to the Initial Years of Reform.M. Bizar, Reform at Jackson Elementary: Transition to Site-Based Management. K.L. Morris, J.C. Fischer, The Chicago School Reform at Maria Saucedo Scholastic Academy. Part III:Tensions Between the Local School Council and the Principal.N. Hobbs, Field of Dreams. P. Leki, Yeah Yeah Boo Boo. Part IV:Reform as an Opportunity for Creating Responsive Instruction.M. Maraldi, Washington Irving School: Its Development and Change. P. Mueller, La Lucha Continua: Teachers Engaged in the Struggle Over Ideas and Authority. Part V:New Beginnings: Making Changes in High School Instruction and Learning.D.M. Ogle, K. Hunter, Developing Leadership in Literacy at Amundsen High School: A Case Study of Change. S. Zemelman, The Best Practice High School: Creating a New Small School in a Big City. Part VI: R. Barr, M. Bizar,Insights Into Leadership During Times of School Reform.

About the author

Marilyn Bizar, Rebecca Barr

Summary

Examines schools in Chicago, where the largest experiment in site-based management & accountability is being enacted. An analysis allows insights relevant beyond this single site & permits pursuit of an agenda concerned w/ educational leadership & reform

Product details

• Assisted by: Rebecca Barr (Editor), Barr Rebecca (Editor), Marilyn Bizar (Editor), Bizar Marilyn (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2000
• EAN: 9780805824513
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2451-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 530 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Illinois, EDUCATION / Administration / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Urban communities, Schools, Schools and pre-schools, EDUCATION / Schools / General, Urban communities / city life