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Stumbling Through: How Joel Klein Reinvented the New York City Schools
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Viteritti, Joseph P. – Journal of School Choice, 2012
In this essay, the author reviews "Education Reform in New York City: Ambitious Change in the Nation's Most Complex School System," by Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter, and Louis Gomez. The book under review explores a larger set of issues, and some time has passed. But many of the issues studied remain relevant and the consistent…
Descriptors: Evidence, Urban Schools, Educational Change, Change Strategies
Diversity and Democracy: Multicultural Education in America.
Ravitch, Diane – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1990
Discusses the controversy over multicultural education. Contrasts California's pluralistic approach with New York's particularistic approach. Argues for a multiculturalism that provides students with both an appreciation for America's racial and cultural diversity and a commitment to the common culture that unites all of us in America. (JS)
Descriptors: Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Bias
Policy Issues in Urban Education.
Smiley, Marjorie B., Ed.; Miller, Harry L., Ed. – 1968
This collection of 27 essays, some published elsewhere, is a product of Project TRUE (Teachers and Resources for Urban Education), which has been conducted at the Hunter College Curriculum Center since 1962. The essays have been used experimentally in a number of classes at Hunter College and other institutions providing special courses for…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Black History, Community Characteristics, Compensatory Education