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Lake, Robin; Gross, Betheny – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2011
Can public schools learn to embrace innovation and employ cutting edge technology to solve students' most persistent learning problems? In 2010, New York City's Department of Education (NYCDOE) created the Innovation Zone (iZone) to try to accomplish just that. This report reflects the findings of a CRPE study of the iZone, its goals and…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Urban Schools, Public Schools, Learning Activities
Campbell, Christine; Gross, Betheny; Hill, Paul T. – Brookings Institution Press, 2012
Deficient urban schooling remains one of America's most pressing--and stubborn--public policy problems. This important new book details and evaluates a radical and promising new approach to K-12 education reform. "Strife and Progress" explains for a broad audience the "portfolio strategy" for providing urban education--its…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Schools, Public Education, Elementary Secondary Education