James Deneen, Carmen Catanese

Urban Schools

Crisis and Revolution

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Urban Schools: Crisis and Revolution describes America's inner-city public schools and the failure of most to provide even a minimally adequate education for their students. With numerous examples, James Deneen and Carm Catanese argue that these failures are preventable.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: R&L Education
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 387g
• ISBN-13: 9781610480864
• ISBN-10: 1610480864
• Artikelnr.: 33464387

Autorenporträt

James Deneen is retired from Educational Testing Service, where he was a program director for the Advanced Placement Program. He has written several books on K-12 curriculum and assessment. Carmen Catanese is a co-founder of Citizens for Successful Schools. He is retired from the Sarnoff Corporation, where he was executive vice-president.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I: What's the Problem?
Chapter 1: Two Schools in Two Tiers
Chapter 2: Schools and Society
Chapter 3: Schools and the State
Chapter 4: Urban Schools across America
Chapter 5: America Compared with the World
Chapter 6: Barriers to Change
Section II: Basic Factors in School Renewal
Chapter 7: Does Poverty Mean Failure?
Chapter 8: Essentials in Successful Schools
Chapter 9: Leadership and Responsibilities
Section III: Reforming Failing Schools
Chapter 10: Restructuring
Chapter 11: Teachers and Parents
Chapter 12: Language and Extended Instruction
Section IV: School Choice
Chapter 13: Public School Choices
Chapter 14: Non-Public School Choices
Conclusion: A Plan for Reforming a Failing School