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1026986
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b781356
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Organizing schools for improvement : : lessons from Chicago /\ Anthony S. Bryk [and others].
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Chicago ;London :: University of Chicago Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) :: illustrations
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0226078019
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: 1282537784
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: 6612537787
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: 9780226078014
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: 9781282537781
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: 9786612537783
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0226077993
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0226078000
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9780226077994
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9780226078007
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Includes bibliographical references pages 285-296) and index.
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| Contents
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A rare opportunity to learn about school improvement -- Developing appropriate outcome indicators -- A framework of essential supports -- Testing the framework of the essential supports -- Probing deeper : organizational mechanisms -- Trust, size, and stability : key enablers -- The influences of community context.
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| Abstract
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In 1988, the Chicago public school system decentralized, granting parents and communities significant resources and authority to reform their schools in dramatic ways. To track the effects of this bold experiment, the authors of Organizing Schools for Improvement collected a wealth of data on elementary schools in Chicago. Over a seven-year period they identified one hundred elementary schools that had substantially improved--and one hundred that had not. What did the successful schools do to accelerate student learning? The authors of this illuminating book identify a comprehensive set of prac.
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Education, Urban-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Educational change-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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Public schools-- Decentralization-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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School improvement programs-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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School management and organization-- Illinois-- Chicago, Case studies.
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EDUCATION-- Administration-- General.
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Education, Urban.
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Educational change.
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School improvement programs.
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School management and organization.
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Illinois, Chicago.
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| Dewey Classification
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371.2/090977311
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LB2822.83.I3O74 2010eb
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5,3ssgn
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DK 1022rvk
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| Added Entry
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Bryk, Anthony S.
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