Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago

by Anthony S. Bryk, Stuart Luppescu, Penny Bender Sebring, et al.

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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. Over a seven-year period they identified one hundred elementary schools that had substantially improved-and one hundred...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226078000

ISBN13:9780226078007

Release Date:January 2010

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:328 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Administration Education Education & Reference Education Theory Reform & Policy

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