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Peer reviewedCarter, David G.; Sandler, James P. – Education and Urban Society, 1991
Argues that the following steps will effectuate educational reform: (1) provision of more latitude and flexibility in school governance; (2) business commitment to using and upgrading the inner-city workforce; (3) consumer understanding of rights and options available within public education; and (4) government understanding of the danger of…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Business Responsibility, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Download full textLezotte, Lawrence W. – 1979
This paper outlines several policy and program suggestions for improving Connecticut's urban schools which build upon the States's current intiatives and incorporate the current research findings emanating from studies of effective schools. The author first provides a framework for his suggestions by reviewing research to delineate the…
Descriptors: Board of Education Policy, Change Strategies, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Demetrion, George – 2000
The Bob Steele Reading Center was established in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1986 under board and staff leadership of the Literacy Volunteers of America-Connecticut (LVA-CT). The center has been under the management of Literacy Volunteers of Greater Hartford (LVGH) since 1989. Located in an alternative high school in a predominantly Hispanic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education
