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Direct linkMcDonald, Joseph P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Joseph P. McDonald reports findings from a study of nine poverty-impacted schools in New York City striving to more effectively use student performance data in teaching. The study was one of 13 studies of data use at the classroom level across the United States funded by the Spencer Foundation -- an effort intended to fill a serious gap in…
Descriptors: Data, Information Utilization, Urban Schools, Academic Achievement
Bridwell-Mitchell, Ebony N. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2019
Education policy makers often encourage public schools to form partnerships with community organizations, businesses, and higher education institutions. In theory, such partnerships can help struggling schools gain resources that they are unable to acquire through local, state, and federal funding mechanisms. However, as Ebony Bridwell-Mitchell…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Social Bias, Equal Education, Disadvantaged Schools
Shaw, Fredrick – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Parks, Educational Planning, Population Trends, Racial Integration
Kozol, Jonathan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
The author was startled by the carelessness and selectivity of Robert Slavin's comments, which give his words the ring of a promotional release rather than of intellectual reflection. He agrees that Slavin is accurate in saying that the scores on reading tests at P.S. 65 in the South Bronx improved during a period in which, among a number of other…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Achievement, Racial Segregation, Program Effectiveness
Shanker, Albert – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Black Education, Decentralization, Educational Experiments
McAdoo, Maisie – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
In New York City, a $25 million Annenberg grant was targeted to 100 individual schools to empower their staffs via innovative networks and accountability structures. However, the changes that graced the proposals did not create the desired momentum. Targeting school-level groups cannot in itself lead to systemwide change. Problems arose from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure
Fantini, Mario; Gittell, Marilyn – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Decentralization, Educational Experiments, Educational Facilities Improvement
Schwartz, Frank – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Novice teachers who perform student teaching in exemplary schools only are inadequately prepared for classroom circumstances found in typical city schools. Preparation programs should place students in model classrooms in typical schools; provide a "dual school" experience, alternating model schools with more typical ones; or assign…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Environment, Education Majors, Elementary Secondary Education
Fink, Elaine; Resnick, Lauren B. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Over an 11-year period, Community School District in New York City amassed a strong record of successful school improvement in a diverse urban setting. Nesting learning communities and cognitive apprenticeships are keys to success. Principals are responsible for establishing a pervasive culture of learning and teaching in each school. (MLH)
Descriptors: Accountability, Apprenticeships, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Hill, Paul T. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
Universal school choice would strongly benefit all children, including the disadvantaged, by promoting candid and demanding relationships among teachers, parents, and students. So concludes the author's study of a privately funded voucher program, the Student-Sponsor Partnership Program in New York City. Individual sponsors pay tuition for…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Disadvantaged, Educational Benefits, Educational Vouchers
