Seeing complexity in public education : problems, possibilities, and success for all

Seeing complexity in public education : problems, possibilities, and success for all / Donald J. Peurach.

In a period of unprecedented pressure to reform education in the United States, two questions stand out: What is involved in the work of transforming underperforming schools into higher performing schools? And what makes this work so difficult? 'Seeing Complexity in Public Education' exami...

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Main Author: Peurach, Donald J., 1962-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Public schools > United States.
School improvement programs > United States.
EDUCATION > Finance.
Public schools
School improvement programs
United States
dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Summary:In a period of unprecedented pressure to reform education in the United States, two questions stand out: What is involved in the work of transforming underperforming schools into higher performing schools? And what makes this work so difficult? 'Seeing Complexity in Public Education' examines these questions in light of the history of the Success for All Foundation, an organization that has collaborated with thousands of elementary schools across the US to enact a common design for comprehensive school reform.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 296 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-285) and index.
ISBN:9780199837922
0199837929
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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