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City schools : lessons from New York / edited by Diane Ravitch and Joseph P. Viteritti.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.Description: ix, 405 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801863414 (alk. paper)
  • 9780801863417 (alk. paper)
  • 0801863422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780801863424 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370/.9747/1
LOC classification:
  • LC 5131 C581 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Schooling in New York City : the socioeconomic context / Emanuel Tobier -- Public schools that work / Clara Hemphill -- The difference between charter schools and charterlike schools / Pearl Rock Kane -- Contractual constraints on school management : principals' perspectives on the teacher contract / Dale Ballou -- The Bronx Leadership Academy High School : the challenges of innovation / Lee Stuart -- The teacher crisis and educational standards / Stephan F. Brumberg -- Teaching reading : phonics and whole-language method / Joanna P. Williams -- Teaching language minorities : theory and reality / Christine H. Rossell -- The education of handicapped children / Frank J. Macchiarola -- Catholic schools / Paul T. Hill, Mary Beth Celio -- Jewish day schools / Marvin Schick -- Historically black independent schools / Gail Foster -- Public school choice : a status report / Paul Teske ... [et al.] -- When low-income students move from public to private schools / Paul E. Peterson, William G. Howell -- School finance reform : introducing the choice factor / Thomas Nechyba, Michael Heise.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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