A Nostrum of School Reform? Turning around Reconstituted Urban Texas High Schools

Autor/inn/en	Hamilton, Madlene P.; Heilig, Julian Vasquez; Pazey, Barbara L.
Titel	A Nostrum of School Reform? Turning around Reconstituted Urban Texas High Schools
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 49 (2014) 2, S.182-215 (34 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085913475636
Schlagwörter	Urban Schools; School Turnaround; Educational Change; School Restructuring; School Surveys; Interviews; Effective Schools Research; Dropout Rate; Minority Group Students; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Educational Environment; Leadership Effectiveness; Educational Finance; School Support; Teaching Experience; Accountability; Graduation Rate; Federal Legislation; Educational Indicators; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Bildungsreform; Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Schulforschung; Lehrerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Führungseffizienz; Bildungsfonds; Schulförderverein; Verantwortung; Bundesrecht; Educational indicato; Bildungsindikator
Abstract	A mainstay in NCLB and the Obama administration education plan is turning around low-performing schools. This study utilized surveys and interviews with school leaders from four turnaround urban high schools in Texas to understand student outcomes before and after school restructuring and reconstitution. Although some organizational changes were apparent; overall, respondents cited rapidly changing technical strategies and haphazard adjustments from external sources as a great challenge. Reconstitution also magnified challenges that existed before and after restructuring efforts. Most importantly, the evidence suggests that school reconstitution did not immediately improve student achievement, impact grade retention and decrease student dropout in the study schools. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10