Accords Designed to Turn Around Troubled Schools

Autor/in	Honawar, Vaishali
Titel	Accords Designed to Turn Around Troubled Schools
Quelle	In: Education Week, 26 (2007) 41, S.1 (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0277-4232
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; Disadvantaged Schools; School Districts; Unions; Educational Cooperation; Educational Change; Federal Legislation; Educational Legislation; Elementary Secondary Education; Florida; Illinois; Maryland; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; School district; Schulbezirk; Education; cooperation; Kooperation; Bildungsreform; Bundesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz
Abstract	The school district in Anne Arundel County, Md., this spring entered into what appears to be a unique contract with the local teachers' union over struggling Annapolis High School: Teachers will work year-round and make a commitment to stay at the school for three years. Designed by Superintendent Kevin Maxwell to fend off a state takeover, the plan requires all 193 staff members to reapply for their jobs, a strategy he has described as "zero basing." The contract appears to be the first in the nation to focus on a single school and to require such sweeping changes. But it is the latest in a string of agreements designed by districts and unions to turn around failing schools as they struggle to fulfill federal mandates. This article talks about the agreements that districts and unions have forged to try to turn around troubled schools. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10