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A Decade of Urban School Reform: Persistence and Progress in the Boston Public Schools
Contributor(s): Reville, S. Paul (Editor), Coggins, Celine (Editor)
ISBN: 1891792377     ISBN-13: 9781891792373
Publisher: Harvard Education PR
OUR PRICE:   $30.40  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2007
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Urban
- Education | Educational Policy & Reform
- Education | Administration - General
Dewey: 371.200
LCCN: 2006939813
Physical Information: 328 pages
Themes:
- Demographic Orientation - Urban
- Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass.
- Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts
 
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Publisher Description:
A Decade of Urban School Reform looks at this critical era in the Boston schools and distills valuable insights and lessons for school leaders and reformers everywhere.

In the last decade, the Boston Public Schools has undergone critical reforms that have been of intense interest to school leaders and policymakers throughout the country. Under the leadership of superintendent Thomas Payzant, the Boston schools implemented extensive reform strategies that yielded notable results. Fittingly, at the end of Payzant's superintendency in September 2006, the Boston Public Schools received the Broad Prize for Urban Education for being the most improved urban school district in the country.

With chapters that explore questions pertaining to governance, human resources, instruction, data collection, disabilities, community engagement, and other topics, the book offers a detailed, comprehensive portrait of a school system managing the complex and daunting tasks of system-wide reform. The result is a timely, in-depth contribution to the small group of indispensable writings on urban school reform.

Contributor Bio(s): Coggins, Celine: - Celine Coggins is the founder and CEO of Teach Plus.Reville, S. Paul: - S. Paul Reville is director of the Education Policy and Management Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and president of the Rennie Center for Education Research and Policy.