TY - BOOK AU - Ravitch,Diane AU - Viteritti,Joseph P. TI - City schools: lessons from New York SN - 0801863414 (alk. paper) AV - LC 5131 C581 2000 U1 - 370/.9747/1 PY - 2000/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Education, Urban KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Educación Urbana de Nueva York (Estados) KW - Nueva york N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/jhu051/99058542.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/jhu052/99058542.html ER -