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Nolan, Joy – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
In June 2016, the Mastery Collaborative completed its first year as an official program, working with more than 40 public middle and high schools across the five boroughs of New York City to improve, document, and advocate for mastery-based teaching and learning. The collaborative has eight Living Lab schools that practice schoolwide mastery; most…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Partnerships in Education, Consortia, Educational Cooperation
Shanker, Albert – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Black Education, Decentralization, Educational Experiments
Fantini, Mario; Gittell, Marilyn – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Decentralization, Educational Experiments, Educational Facilities Improvement
Trubowitz, Sidney – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
The Middle School Initiative, an ambitious plan to convert all New York City junior high schools to middle schools, faced numerous obstacles: loss of leadership support, teacher cynicism and resistance, blindness to difficulties, union regulations, pressures for quick results, administrator retirement incentives, and collaboration problems. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cooperation, Educational Change, Junior High Schools
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