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Other authors / contributors: | Bryk, Anthony S.
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ISBN: | 9780226078014 0226078019 9780226077994 0226077993 9780226078007 0226078000 1282537784 9781282537781 9786612537783 6612537787
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references pages 285-296) and index. English. Print version record.
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Summary: | In 1988, the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources and authority to reform their schools in dramatic ways. To track the effects of this bold experiment, the authors of Organizing Schools for Improvement collected a wealth of data on elementary schools in Chicago. Over a seven-year period they identified one hundred elementary schools that had substantially improved--and one hundred that had not. What did the successful schools do to accelerate student learning? The authors of this illuminating book identify a comprehensive set of prac.
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Other form: | Print version: Organizing schools for improvement. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, ©2010 9780226078007
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