Organizing schools for improvement : lessons from Chicago /

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Imprint:Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, ©2010.
Description:1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11206352
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Other authors / contributors:Bryk, Anthony S.
ISBN:9780226078014
0226078019
9780226077994
0226077993
9780226078007
0226078000
1282537784
9781282537781
9786612537783
6612537787
Notes:Includes bibliographical references pages 285-296) and index.
English.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Organizing schools for improvement. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, ©2010 9780226078007