Creative Non-Compliance in East Harlem Schools.

Autor/in	Fleigel, Seymour
Titel	Creative Non-Compliance in East Harlem Schools.
Quelle	(1989), (36 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Access to Education; Administrative Organization; Decentralization; Educational Change; Educational Opportunities; Educational Quality; Junior High Schools; Nontraditional Education; Parent Participation; Program Development; School Choice; Urban Schools; New York (New York) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Decentralisation; Dezentralisierung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Sekundarstufe I; Non-traditional education; Alternative Erziehung; Elternmitwirkung; Programmplanung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	This paper describes a program that has evolved in District No. 4 in the East Harlem area of Manhattan (New York). There, a system of "choice" at the junior high school level is possible due in part to the latitude afforded local school districts under the current decentralized system of authority. The program permits students and parents to select an intermediate school from a list of differentiated alternative schools other than the school that the children would be assigned to according to the "zoning" of the community. This element of choice can provide the catalyst for educational reform by introducing a market mechanism into the public school system--if parents are permitted to choose which school their children will attend, each school has reason to question how its own educational program might improve. This paper explores the steps experienced in establishing a system of parental choice, describes some lessons that were learned in the process of establishing this system, and considers current prospects for similar developments given the current attitude toward decentralized reform in the city of New York. Two tables and a list of six sources are included. (JS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC