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Summary:

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 that had not. What did the successful schools do to accelerate student learning? The authors of this illuminating book identify a comprehensive set of prac.

Table of Contents:

• A rare opportunity to learn about school improvement
• Developing appropriate outcome indicators
• A framework of essential supports
• Testing the framework of the essential supports
• Probing deeper : organizational mechanisms
• Trust, size, and stability : key enablers
• The influences of community context.

Contributors:

Bryk, Anthony S.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English.

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Organizing schools for improvement (Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, ©2010 — ISBN 9780226078007; LCCN 2009010635; OCLC Number 316514232)

Subjects:

School improvement programs — Illinois — Chicago — Case studies

School management and organization — Illinois — Chicago — Case studies

Educational change — Illinois — Chicago — Case studies

Public schools — Decentralization — Illinois — Chicago — Case studies

Education, Urban — Illinois — Chicago — Case studies

School improvement programs

School management and organization

Educational change

Public schools

Education, Urban

Illinois — Chicago

Genres:

Case studies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references pages 285-296) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LB2822.83.I3 O74 2010eb

ISBNs:

9780226078014 (electronic bk.)
0226078019 (electronic bk.)
1282537784
9781282537781
9786612537783
6612537787
9780226077994 (hardcover, alk. paper) [Invalid]
0226077993 (hardcover, alk. paper) [Invalid]
9780226078007 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]
0226078000 (pbk., alk. paper) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

593295830