Planning for Schools of Choice: Achieving Equity and Excellence. Book II--Planning Guide.

Autor/in	Clinchy, Evans
Sonst. Personen	Kolb, Frances Arick (Hrsg.)
Institution	NETWORK, Inc., Andover, MA.
Titel	Planning for Schools of Choice: Achieving Equity and Excellence. Book II--Planning Guide.
Quelle	(1989), (85 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Desegregation Methods; Educational Equity (Finance); Elementary Secondary Education; Equal Education; Parent Participation; School Choice; School Desegregation; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elternmitwirkung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; Integrative Schule; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Designed to aid school personnel considering school choice as a possible desegregation method, this booklet explains the principles of controlled choice, presents an overall plan and flow chart, and reviews the types of organizations that might be developed. Controlled choice is a desegregation method that is voluntary, empowers parents and school staff, and leads to new and exciting reorganizations of school and curricula. Controlled choice makes all schools "magnets" for student enrollment, celebrates diversity, and acknowledges differences in learning styles. Although choice alone may increase the comfort level of parents, students, and staff and facilitate school improvement, only controlled choice will also lead to desegregation. Through a controlled choice system, three Massachusetts cities (Lowell, Fall River, and Cambridge) have increased the integration of their schools. Controlled choice has enormous potential for restructuring schools so that they are racially, ethnically, and sexually integrated, as well as high-quality, effective learning places. As this book shows, that potential can only be realized through an extensive, complex planning process involving all elements of the community. The planning process involves five phases: (1) Mechanisms for Initial Planning; (2) The Development of a City-Wide Plan; (3) Planning Individual Schools of Choice; (4) Implementation and (5) the First Year of Full Implementation. School administrators must make a major commitment to school organization and curriculum diversity and to school-based management. Five appendices present Massachusetts cities' plans and provide further information sources. A brief index is also provided. (MLH)
Anmerkungen	Publications Department, The NETWORK, Inc., 290 South Main Street, Andover, MA 01810 ($10.00 prepaid).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC