ERIC Number: ED301624
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Sep-1
Pages: 54
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Educational Reform: Promises and Pitfalls. Proceedings of a Conference on Urban Education (Chicago, Illinois, April 8-9, 1988).
Taylor, D. Garth; Lewis, Dan A.
This report is an overview of a conference on the reform of urban schools, focusing on the Chicago (Illinois) public schools. Panel discussions included the following: (1) "Parents' Role/Parental Involvement"; (2) "School-Based Management"; (3) "The Principal's Roles and Responsibilities"; (4) "Teacher Professionalism: Roles and Responsibilities"; (5) "Curriculum and Instruction for Inner-City Students"; (6) "Community Control Decentralization Models"; (7) "Budgeting and Finance Reform"; and (8) "Central Administration Roles and Responsibilities." Major points of agreement include the following: (1) academic achievement can be indirectly influenced by school organization; (2) central administration has a leadership responsibility for research and design of school organization reform; (3) redesign of school governance and accountability reforms alone are not successful; (4) the Chicago Public Schools are underfinanced when compared to other school districts nationwide. A list of panel moderators and panelists, along with their affiliations, is provided. A 77-item selected bibliography is also included. (FMW)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Community Control, Community Education, Curriculum Development, Decentralization, Educational Change, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Finance, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Finance Reform, Instructional Development, Parent Participation, Parent Role, Parent School Relationship, Principals, School Administration, School Based Management, Secondary Schools, Teacher Responsibility, Teacher Role, Urban Schools
Publication Type: Collected Works - Proceedings
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Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Chicago Urban League, IL. Dept. of Research.; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL. School of Education and Social Policy.
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