Organizing schools for improvement. Lessons from Chicago.

Autor/inn/en	Bryk, Anthony S.; Sebring, Penny B.; Allensworth, Elaine; Luppescu, Stuart; Easton, John Q.
Titel	Organizing schools for improvement. Lessons from Chicago.
Quelle	Chicago, Ill. u.a.: Univ. of Chicago Pr. (2010), IX, 317 S.Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Illustrationen; Literatur- und URL-Angaben S. [285]-296
Zusatzinformation	Inhaltsverzeichnis
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-226-07800-0; 978-0-226-07800-7
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Gemeinschaft; Schulreform; Förderung; Elementarbereich; Schulsystem; Schulentwicklung; Beispiel; Dezentralisierung; Einflussfaktor; Praxis; Nordamerika; USA
Abstract	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... 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 practices and conditions that were key factors for improvement, including school leadership, the professional capacity of the faculty and staff, and a student-centered learning climate. In addition, they analyze the impact of social dynamics, including crime, critically examining the inextricable link between schools and their communities. Putting their data onto a more human scale, they also chronicle the stories of two neighboring schools with very different trajectories. The lessons gleaned from this groundbreaking study will be invaluable for anyone involved with urban education. (DIPF/Orig.).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main
Update	2010/3