Getting off the List: School Improvement in New York City.

Autor/in	Connell, Noreen
Institution	Educational Priorities Panel, New York, NY.
Titel	Getting off the List: School Improvement in New York City.
Quelle	(1996), (105 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gains; Case Studies; Disadvantaged Youth; Educational Improvement; Educational Planning; Elementary Secondary Education; Instructional Leadership; Poverty; Principals; School Effectiveness; School Restructuring; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Bildungsplanung; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Armut; Principal; Schulleiter; Schuleffizienz; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	Many programs advocated by civic organizations, parents, and education officials are bringing about positive results in the quality of instruction and services for students in New York City. This report describes the complex process of school improvement as it actually occurred in 10 schools. Members of the Educational Priorities Panel interviewed principals, teachers, and parents at six elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools that had been removed from the state's list of low-performing schools. All of these schools serve a high proportion of poor children, and some serve communities with high numbers of recent immigrants. There was one startlingly common pattern among the schools. The principals and their staff members had given their primary attention to solving the problem of low student achievement, and all other strategies emerged from this central focus. The common pattern included a capable principal and a strong school planning committee that focused on developing new instructional strategies. Based on this evaluation of successful schools, recommendations are made for instructional improvement. Case studies of the individual schools are attached, and an appendix contains methodological notes and additional information about the reform process. (Contains 12 tables.) (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC