Creating Communities of Learning: Public Education in Greater Boston.

Autor/in	Portz, John
Institution	Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA.
Titel	Creating Communities of Learning: Public Education in Greater Boston.
Quelle	(2003), (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Bilingual Education; Charter Schools; Educational Change; Educational Policy; Educational Quality; Elementary Secondary Education; English (Second Language); Equal Education; Evaluation Methods; Financial Support; Governance; Government Role; High Stakes Tests; Public Education; School Choice; School District Autonomy; Special Education; Student Evaluation; Teacher Competencies; Urban Schools + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bilingual teaching; Bilingualer Unterricht; Charter school; Charter-Schule; Bildungsreform; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Finanzielle Förderung; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Öffentliche Erziehung; Choice of school; Schulwahl; School district; School districts; Autonomy; School autonomy; Schulautonomie; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Schulnote; Studentische Bewertung; Lehrkunst; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule
Abstract	This paper asserts that central to the debate over excellence and equity in education is the shifting nature of authority over public education in the schools and school districts of Greater Boston, Massachusetts, noting that the autonomy that local school districts have historically exercised is fading, if not gone. The 1993 Massachusetts Education Reform Act gave the state expanded authority over school curriculum and the responsibility to develop assessments to measure student and school performance. The federal government has also taken a more authoritative role. This paper focuses on federal, state, and local players in education policy; understanding accountability (education reform and the birth of Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, or MCAS; assessing MCAS; accountability at the national level; and local accountability); the choice movement (school choice, charter schools, and funding for school choice and charter schools); equity and school funding; serving special populations (special education, English language learners, and bilingual education); excellence in the classroom; school building construction and quality; and the future of education in Greater Boston. (SM)
Anmerkungen	Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. Tel: 617-495-5091; Fax: 617-496-1722; Web site: http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/rappaport/downloads/ggb_2003/2003_chapterfive.pdf.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC