Organizing schools for improvement: lessons from Chicago Bryk, Anthony S.

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Bryk, Anthony S

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Publication details: Chicago University Of Chicago Press 2010Description: ix, 317 pISBN:

9780226078007

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DDC classification:

371.2090977311 B7O7

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? (http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo8212979.html)

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Table of contents:

1. A rare opportunity to learn about school improvement
2. Developing appropriate outcome indicators
3. A framework of essential supports
4. Testing the framework of the essential supports
5. Probing deeper : organizational mechanisms
6. Trust, size, and stability : key enablers
7. The influences of community context

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?

(http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/O/bo8212979.html)

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