City Schools How Districts and Communities Can Create Smart Education Systems

Name: City Schools How Districts and Communities Can Create Smart Education Systems
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ISBN: 9781891792427

ISBN-10: 1891792423

ISBN-13: 9781891792427

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert Rothman

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In "City Schools," Robert Rothman and his colleagues at the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University put forward a vision of smart education systems that link a highly functioning and effective school district with a comprehensive and accessible web of supports for children, youth, and families.One-third of the nation s children are educated in city schools. Many of these schools face tremendous challenges rapid teacher turnover, poor academic performance, high concentrations of low-income children, children with disabilities, and English language learners. How can they engage the talents, resources, and support of other community institutions to serve students more…

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Harvard Education Publishing Group (HEPG)
Publication date: 5/1/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 232
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.10" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



The real achievement gap


City kids, city families : city commitments


Smart districts as the entry point to smart education systems


Teaching and learning in urban districts


Expanding the possibilities : the diverse-provider model in urban districts


The role of community in engagement in a smart education system


Leveraging reform : youth power in a smart education system


Civic capacity and education reform : the case for school-community realignment


What mayors can do to help build smart education systems


Creating a smart district in Hamilton County


"We are each other's business" : the place of partnership in smart education systems


From smart districts to smart education systems : a broader agenda for educational development


Notes


About the authors


Index