(Read now) It Takes a City: Getting Serious about Urban School Reform






 | #3508975 in Books |  Brookings Institution Press |  2000-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.02 x.51 x5.98l,.76 | File Name: 0815736398 | 224 pages

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||5 of 10 people found the following review helpful.| Where's the Teacher?|By O.T. Thirtyfirst|It takes a ... what? It takes more than this book recognizes to improve education. The rhetoric here implies that the so-called "reform" movement is the way to cure school ills. To most teachers, however, this is simply another year's bureaucratic fad to morph educators into paper pushers. Although I found several insights here, and d| ||"... a useful book for civic leaders and, indeed, for anyone interested in school reform.... Hill, Campbell, and Harvey have delivered on what they set out to do." —E.P.L., Harvard Educational , 12/1/2001|About the


Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures. After decades of decline in school quality, something must be done to make sure city children learn enough to function as adults in American society. But how can city leaders make a real difference?


This book, a sequel to Fixing Urban Schools (Brookings, 1998), is a practical guide for mayors, civic leaders, school board members, and involved citizens. Based on cas...


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