The Pursuit of Excellence: Improving the Quality of Our Urban Schools through Desegregation, Equity and Choice. A Final Report from the Program Committee of The Worcester Conference on Equity and Choice (Worcester, Massachusetts, April 9-10, 1984).

Autor/in	Clinchy, Evans
Titel	The Pursuit of Excellence: Improving the Quality of Our Urban Schools through Desegregation, Equity and Choice. A Final Report from the Program Committee of The Worcester Conference on Equity and Choice (Worcester, Massachusetts, April 9-10, 1984).
Quelle	(1984), (46 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Accountability; Bilingual Education; Educational Equity (Finance); Educational Improvement; Educational Quality; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Evaluation Methods; Financial Support; Long Range Planning; Magnet Schools; Multicultural Education; Parent Participation; Program Improvement; School Choice; School Desegregation; Special Education; Staff Development; State School District Relationship; Urban Education; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Verantwortung; Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Unterrichtsmedien; Finanzielle Förderung; Langfristige Planung; Multikulturelle Erziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Integrative Schule; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Staatliches Schulamt; Stadtteilbezogenes Lernen; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	In April 1984, more than 350 parents, teachers, principals and administrators from major urban school systems in Massachusetts met to define what an "excellent" desegregated urban public school system should be. This conference report, following excerpts from a keynote address by John E. Durkin, documents seven workshops which focused on the following strategies for excellence: (1) the role of magnet schools; (2) systems of parental and teacher choice; (3) greater parent, student and public involvement; (4) superior staff development and parent involvement programs; (5) outstanding programs for bilingual and special needs students; (6) the development of district-wide systems of evaluation and accountability; and (7) new uses for high technology. A summary list of recommendations that workshop participants drew up for State education officials and State legislators also is included. In addition, the formation of a Superintendent's consortium of urban school students, which grew out of the conference, is outlined, and its activities for the future are described. The conference schedule, as well as a list of all practitioners who made presentations during the workshops, are appended. (RDN)
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