Reinterpreting Urban School Reform: Have Urban Schools Failed, or Has the Reform Movement Failed Urban Schools,9780791457085

Reinterpreting Urban School Reform: Have Urban Schools Failed, or Has the Reform Movement Failed Urban Schools

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ISBN13: 9780791457085
ISBN10: 0791457087
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

Have urban schools failed, or has reform failed urban schools? This book examines existing urban school programs, ranging from desegregation to reading improvement, in light of available historical, empirical, and case study evidence. Miron and St. John and their contributors probe the underlying theoretical, normative, and political assumptions embedded in specific reform initiatives. They explore how reforms might be reconstructed to better address the underlying challenges and they demonstrate that reforms can be constructively critiqued throughout the stages of implementation, arguing that greater attention should be paid to ethnic and cultural traditions within urban, educational settings.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Rethinking Urban School Reform 1(14)
Louis F. Miron
Edward P. St. John
Part I. The Courts and Urban Schools
School Desegregation Is Over in the Inner Cities: What Do We Do Now?
15(18)
Richard Fossey
The Need for Issues-Driven School Funding Reform in Urban Schools
33(22)
Neil Theobald
Part II. Government Initiated, External Reforms
Federal Title I as a Reform Strategy in Urban Schools
55(22)
Kenneth K. Wong
Inclusive Education in High Stakes, High Poverty Environments: The Case of Students with Learning Disabilities in Indiana's Urban Schools and the Graduation Qualifying Examination
77(18)
Genevieve Manset
Sandra Washburn
Race, Restructuring, and Educational Reform: The Mayoral Takeover of the Detroit Public Schools
95(34)
Barry M. Franklin
Part III. Independently Adopted Research-Based Reforms
Research-Based Reading Reform: The Impact of State-Funded Interventions on Educational Outcomes in Urban Elementary Schools
129(26)
Edward P. St. John
Genevieve Manset
Choong-Geun Chung
Ada B. Simmons
Glenda Droogsma Musoba
Kim Manoil
Kim Worthington
Comprehensive School Reform: An Exploratory Study
155(22)
Edward P. St. John
Genevieve Manset
Choong-Geun Chung
Glenda Droogsma Musoba
Siri Loescher
Ada B. Simmons
David Gordon
Carol Anne Hossler
Private Scholarships and School Choice: Innovation or Class Reproduction?
177(32)
Carolyn S. Ridenour
Edward P. St. John
Part IV. Community-Based Reforms
Parental and Community Empowerment: The Chicago Model
209(20)
Kathryn Nakagawa
Joint Ventures Between Public Schools and City Government: Implications for Community Development
229(20)
Louis F. Miron
Rediscovering the African-American Tradition: Restructuring in Post-Desegregation Urban Schools
249(30)
Leetta Allen-Haynes
Edward P. St. John
Joseph Cadray
Part V. A Critical-Empirical View
A Critical-Empirical Perspective on Urban School Reform
279(20)
Edward P. St. John
Louis F. Miron
Implications of the New Global Context for Urban Reform
299(14)
Louis F. Miron
Edward P. St. John
Contributors 313(4)
Index 317

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