City schools : lessons from New York /

City schools : lessons from New York / edited by Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. - ix, 405 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Schooling in New York City : the socioeconomic context / Public schools that work / The difference between charter schools and charterlike schools / Contractual constraints on school management : principals' perspectives on the teacher contract / The Bronx Leadership Academy High School : the challenges of innovation / The teacher crisis and educational standards / Teaching reading : phonics and whole-language method / Teaching language minorities : theory and reality / The education of handicapped children / Catholic schools / Jewish day schools / Historically black independent schools / Public school choice : a status report / When low-income students move from public to private schools / School finance reform : introducing the choice factor / Emanuel Tobier -- Clara Hemphill -- Pearl Rock Kane -- Dale Ballou -- Lee Stuart -- Stephan F. Brumberg -- Joanna P. Williams -- Christine H. Rossell -- Frank J. Macchiarola -- Paul T. Hill, Mary Beth Celio -- Marvin Schick -- Gail Foster -- Paul Teske ... [et al.] -- Paul E. Peterson, William G. Howell -- Thomas Nechyba, Michael Heise.

0801863414 (alk. paper) 9780801863417 (alk. paper) 0801863422 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780801863424 (pbk. : alk. paper)

99058542

GBA2-09023


Education, Urban--New York (State)--New York.
Educación Urbana de Nueva York (Estados)--Nueva york.

LC 5131 / C581 2000

370/.9747/1