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Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago

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Title
Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago
Abstract/Description
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 practices and conditions that were key factors for improvement, including school leadership, the professional capacity of the faculty and staff, and a student-centered learning climate. In addition, they analyze the impact of social dynamics, including crime, critically examining the inextricable link between schools and their communities. Putting their data onto a more human scale, they also chronicle the stories of two neighboring schools with very different trajectories. The lessons gleaned from this groundbreaking study will be invaluable for anyone involved with urban education.
Author/creator
Bryk, Anthony S.
Sebring, Penny Bender
Allensworth, Elaine M.
Easton, John Q.
Luppescu, Stuart
Date
2010
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Empirical
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en Partial
ISBN
978-0-226-07801-4
URL
Official Publisher's Webpage (University of Chicago Press)
Official Organization's Webpage (UChicago Consortium on School Research)
Open Access Prologue (UChicago Consortium on School Research)
Citation
Bryk, A. S., Sebring, P. B., Allensworth, E., Easton, J. Q., & Luppescu, S. (2010). Organizing Schools for Improvement: Lessons from Chicago. University of Chicago Press.
Cited in
The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement
Continuous Improvement and "High Leverage" Educational Problems
Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States
Item sets
Oxford Bibliography: The Policy Context of United States Educational Innovation and Improvement
OB Citations - Coherent Instructional Systems at the School and School System Levels in the United States
OB Citations - Conceptualizing, Measuring, and Evaluating Improvement Networks
OB Citations - Continuous Improvement and "High Leverage" Educational Problems
Ob Citations - Research–Practice Partnerships in Education Within the United States

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