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Toch, Thomas – School Administrator, 2005
Some public schools do a great job educating students of color to high standards. But they populate public education much the way houses in rural regions appear at night from a jetliner passing high above--as faint beacons. The core challenge of school reform today is to produce not merely a few glimmers of success but the dense glow of thousands…
Descriptors: Urban Education, School Restructuring, Public Education, Academic Achievement