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Direct linkGamson, David A. – University of Chicago Press, 2019
From the 1890s through World War II, the greatest hopes of American progressive reformers lay not in the government, the markets, or other seats of power but in urban school districts and classrooms. "The Importance of Being Urban" focuses on four western school systems--in Denver, Oakland, Portland, and Seattle--and their efforts to…
Descriptors: Educational History, Educational Change, Progressive Education, School Districts
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Download full textJeremy Singer; Julie A. Marsh; David Menefee-Libey; Jacob Alonso; Dwuana Bradley; Hanora Tracy – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2023
Purpose: Nearly all schools in the United States closed in spring 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze traditional public and charter school reopenings for the 2020-21 school year in five urban districts. We provide a rich and theoretically grounded description of how and why educational leaders made reopening decisions in each…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Urban Schools
Schaller, Susanna; Nisbet, Elizabeth – Journal of Education Policy, 2020
Urban schools in many OECD countries are contending with policy trends that squeeze budgets and incentivize parent fundraising. The trend may be most pronounced and longstanding in the US, where parent groups and local education foundations have turned increasing attention to raising funds to support additional services, staff, or programs for…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Urban Schools, Private Financial Support, Fund Raising
