Curriculum, community, and urban school reform

Curriculum, community, and urban school reform / Barry M. Franklin.

Barry M. Franklin's new work uses the concept of community as a lens for interpreting urban school reform since 1960. Focusing on the curriculum and employing case studies, he applies the concept to reform initiatives in a number of city school systems. Included are compensatory education, comm...

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Main Author: Franklin, Barry M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Secondary education in a changing world.
Subjects:
Urban schools.
Educational change.
Community and school.
Curriculum planning.
EDUCATION > Teaching Methods & Materials > General.
Community and school
Curriculum planning
Educational change
Urban schools
Curriculumentwicklung
Großstadt
Schule
Schulreform
Bildungspolitik
Lehrplanforschung
Effizienz
Öffentliche Schule
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Community and Curriculum: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Urban School Reform
  • Community Conflict and Compensatory Education in New York City: More Effective Schools and the Clinic for Learning
  • Community, Race, and Curriculum in Detroit: The Northern High School Walkout
  • Race, Restructuring, and Educational Reform: The Mayoral Takeover of the Detroit Public Schools
  • Educational Partnerships, Urban School Reform, and the Building of Community
  • Educational Partnerships and Community: Education Action Zones and "Third Way" Educational Reform in Britain
  • Epilogue: Reforming the American High School for the 21st Century: The Case of Smaller Learning Communities.

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