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Aarons, Dakarai I. – Education Week, 2009
Pascal D. Forgione Jr., who has been the superintendent of the Austin Independent School District since August 1999, will retire in June. In the rough-and-tumble world of the urban superintendency, such long tenures are a relative rarity. As he prepares to leave the stage, Pat Forgione is being praised locally and nationally for his leadership in…
Descriptors: Business, Educational Finance, School Districts, Leadership
N.Y.C. Study Finds Gains for Charters: Research Shows Schools Closing City-Suburb Gap
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Viadero, Debra – Education Week, 2009
New York City's charter schools are making strides in closing achievement gaps between disadvantaged inner-city students and their better-off suburban counterparts, a new study concludes. The study, conducted by Stanford University researcher Caroline M. Hoxby and her co-authors Sonali Mararka and Jenny Kang, is based on eight years of data for…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Academic Achievement, Scores, Grade 8
Bloomberg's Way
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Samuels, Christina A. – Education Week, 2009
The nation's largest school district is engaged in a fierce debate over the merits and drawbacks of mayoral control as a legislative deadline looms for renewing the governance arrangement. The 2002 law that gave New York City's mayor authority over the school system will "sunset" on June 30 unless state lawmakers step in, as they are…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Government School Relationship, Leadership Effectiveness
KIPP Student-Attrition Patterns Eyed
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Robelen, Erik W. – Education Week, 2007
As the high-profile Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) network of schools continues to expand, KIPP leaders are taking a close look at student attrition amid arguments from critics that the loss of students at some of those public schools of choice is alarmingly high. Attrition rates at a few KIPP schools in the San Francisco Bay Area, in…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Student Attrition, Student Mobility, Middle Schools
The Education of Roy Romer
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Archer, Jeff – Education Week, 2004
This article describes the successful leadership and management techniques of Roy Romer, Los Angeles Unified School District superintendent, former Colorado governor and general chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The tale illustrates the central irony of Romer's leadership, which is that he is not an educator by trade, and yet, by many…
Descriptors: Leadership Qualities, Profiles, Superintendents, Instructional Leadership
Big Cities Credit Conceptual Math for Higher Scores
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Cavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2006
The two city districts that made the greatest strides in math on the latest national assessment relied on similar strategies: building students' conceptual math skills and investing in professional development in that subject for elementary and middle school teachers. While administrators in Boston and San Diego say that many factors were at work…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Mathematics Education, Educational Strategies, Mathematical Concepts
"One Student at a Time"
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Hendrie, Caroline – Education Week, 2004
The Big Picture schools focus on a "one student at a time" model, which eschews subject based-internships, independent projects, and exhibitions of students' work. The company's goal is to help students acquire the motivation, skills, and personal qualities they will need for college and life. In 1996, Big Picture founder Dennis Littky…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Nonprofit Organizations, Dropout Rate, College Admission