Download or read book Education Reform in New York City written by Jennifer A. O'Day and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written in an accessible style, the papers in this volume document and analyse particular components of the Children First reforms, including governance, community engagement, finance, accountability, and instruction. Aimed at instituting evidence-based practices to produce higher and more equitable outcomes for all students, the policies that comprise the Children First initiative represent an attempt at organisational improvement and systemic learning.
Download or read book New York City Public Schools from Brownsville to Bloomberg written by Heather Lewis and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2015-04-26 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg centralized control of the citys schools in 2002, he terminated the citys 32-year experiment with decentralized school control dubbed by the mayor and the media as the Bad Old Days. Decentralization grew out of the community control movement of the 1960s, which was itself a response to the bad old days of central control of a school system that was increasingly segregated and unequal. In this probing historical account, Heather Lewis draws on new archival sources and oral histories to argue that the community control movement did influence school improvement, in particular African American and Puerto Rican communities in the 1970s and 80s. Lewis shows how educators with unique insights into the relationships between the schools and the communities they served enabled meaningful change, with a focus on instructional improvement and equity that would be familiar to many observers of contemporary education reform. With a resurgence of local organizing and potential challenges to mayoral control, this informative history will be important reading for todays educational and community leaders.
Download or read book Improbable Scholars written by David L. Kirp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-13 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Improbable Scholars, David L. Kirp challenges the conventional wisdom about public schools and education reform in America through an in-depth look at Union City, New Jersey's high-performing urban school district. In this compelling study, Kirp reveals Union's city's revolutionary secret: running an exemplary school system doesn't demand heroics, just hard and steady work"--
Download or read book Fordham written by Father Raymond A. Schroth S.J. and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fordham University is the quintessential American-Catholic institution—and one now looked upon as among the best Catholic universities in the country. Its story is also the story of New York, especially the Bronx, and Fordham’s commitment to the city during its rise, fall, and rebirth. It’s a story of Jesuits, soldiers, alumni who fought in World Wars, chaplains, teachers, and administrators who made bold moves and big mistakes, of presidents who thought small and those who had vision. And of the first women, students and faculty, who helped bring Fordham into the 20th century. Finally it’s the story of an institution’s attempt to keep its Jesuit and Catholic identity as it strives for leadership in a competitive world. Combining authoritative history and fascinating anecdotes, Schroth offers an engaging account of Fordham’s one hundred thirrty-seven years—here, updated, revised, and expanded to cover the new presidency of Joseph M. McShane, S.J., and the challenges Fordham faces in the new century.
Download or read book The New York Public School written by Archie Emerson Palmer and published by New York, The Macmillan Company; London, Macmillan & Company, Limited. This book was released on 1905 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Education in the City of New York written by Thomas Boese and published by New York : Harper. This book was released on 1869 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book City Schools written by Diane Ravitch and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2000-05-23 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Distinguished educators & education writers take an in-depth look at the nation's largest public school system, from the changing demographics of city schools & reading programs to charter schools & apply their findings to urban schools elsewhere in America.
Download or read book Public Education in the City of New York written by Thomas Boese and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Education in the City of New York written by Thomas Boese and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-06-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Download or read book Opting Out written by David Hursh and published by Myers Education Press. This book was released on 2020-01-22 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2020 AESA Critics' Choice Book Award winner The rise of high-stakes testing in New York and across the nation has narrowed and simplified what is taught, while becoming central to the effort to privatize public schools. However, it and similar reform efforts have met resistance, with New York as the exemplar for how to repel standardized testing and invasive data collection, such as inBloom. In New York, the two parent/teacher organizations that have been most effective are Long Island Opt Out and New York State Allies for Public Education. Over the last four years, they and other groups have focused on having parents refuse to submit their children to the testing regime, arguing that if students don’t take the tests, the results aren’t usable. The opt-out movement has been so successful that 20% of students statewide and 50% of students on Long Island refused to take tests. In Opting Out, two parent leaders of the opt-out movement—Jeanette Deutermann and Lisa Rudley—tell why and how they became activists in the two organizations. The story of parents, students, and teachers resisting not only high-stakes testing but also privatization and other corporate reforms parallels the rise of teachers across the country going on strike to demand increases in school funding and teacher salaries. Both the success of the opt-out movement and teacher strikes reflect the rise of grassroots organizing using social media to influence policy makers at the local, state, and national levels. Perfect for courses such as: The Politics Of Education | Education Policy | Education Reform Community Organizing | Education Evaluation | Education Reform | Parents And Education
Download or read book Public Education in the City of New York written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education and published by Scholarly Pub Office Univ of. This book was released on 2006-09-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Education in the City of New York written by New York (N.Y.). Board of Education. and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Great School Wars written by Diane Ravitch and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2000-07-14 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named one of the Ten Best Books about New York City by the New York Times
Download or read book Public Education in the City of New York written by Thomas Boese and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Public Education in the City of New York: Its History, Condition, and Statistics; An Official Report to the Board of Education The school was long without a permanent home, being kept in such premises as could from time to time be obtain ed. The first efforts to build a school-house were made in 1642; but the financial difficulties of the colony were so pressing that the funds collected were again and again di verted to other uses, chie y to defense against the Indians, so that the building was probably not erected till after the Eu glish occupation./ Small private schools were also early es tablished for the children of the more wealthy portion of the community, but, even in these, no one could teach without a license from the civil and ecclesiastical authorities.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book New York City s Best Public Elementary Schools written by Clara Hemphill and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly a decade, parents have looked to Clara Hemphill to help them find a great public school for their child. For this third edition, Clara and her staff visited nearly 500 of New York City's elementary schools and chose 200 of the best schools to recommend, with more than 70 new school profiles not included in the previous edition! This essential guide uncovers the inside scoop on schools (the condition of the building, homework, teacher quality, etc.), includes a checklist of questions to ask on a school tour, and incorporates new listings of charter schools and magnet programs.
Download or read book A Description of New Netherland written by Adriaen van der Donck and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of A Description of New Netherland provides the first complete and accurate English-language translation of an essential first-hand account of the lives and world of Dutch colonists and northeastern Native communities in the seventeenth century. Adriaen van der Donck, a graduate of Leiden University in the 1640s, became the law enforcement officer for the Dutch patroonship of Rensselaerswijck, located along the upper Hudson River. His position enabled him to interact extensively with Dutch colonists and the local Algonquians and Iroquoians. An astute observer, detailed recorder, and accessible writer, Van der Donck was ideally situated to write about his experiences and the natural and cultural worlds around him. Van der Donck s Beschryvinge van Nieuw-Nederlant was first published in 1655 and then expanded in 1656. An inaccurate and abbreviated English translation appeared in 1841 and was reprinted in 1968. This new volume features an accurate, polished translation by Diederik Willem Goedhuys and includes all the material from the original 1655 and 1656 editions. The result is an indispensable first-hand account with enduring value to historians, ethnohistorians, and anthropologists.
Download or read book Black Education in New York State written by Carleton Mabee and published by Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the slave schools of the early 1700s to educational separation under New Deal relief programs, the education of Blacks in New York is studied in the broader social context of race relations in the state.
