ambitious change in the nation's most complex school system O'Day, Jennifer A. 1944- Gomez, Louis M. text bibliography mau Cambridge, Mass Harvard Education Press c2011 2011 monographic eng

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iv, 364 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. The public schools in New York City underwent major reforms through the Children First program. This book positions NYC as a model for other urban programs in need of systemic changes and improved learning systems. Introduction to the volume and Children First / Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter, and Joan E. Talbert -- Leadership and governance in New York City school reform / Paul T. Hill -- Parent and community engagement in New York City and the sustainability challenge for urban education reform / Jeffrey Henig, Eva Gold, Marion Orr, Megan Silander, and Elaine Simon -- Financing K-12 education in the Bloomberg years, 2002-2008 / Leanna Stiefel and Amy Ellen Schwartz -- Managing for results at the New York City Department of Education / Stacey Childress, Monica Higgins, Ann Ishimaru, and Sola Takahashi -- Improving instruction in New York City : an evolving approach / Jennifer O'Day and Catherine S. Bitter -- Collaborative inquiry to expand student success in New York City schools / Joan E. Talbert -- Recruiting, evaluating, and retaining teachers : the Children First strategy to improve New York City's teachers / Margaret Goertz, Susanna Loeb, and Jim Wyckoff -- Changing contexts and the challenge of high school reform in New York City / Leslie Santee Siskin -- School choice and competition in the New York City schools / Sean P. Corcoran and Henry M. Levin -- How students' views predict graduation outcomes and reveal instructional disparities under Children First reforms / Ronald F. Ferguson -- Children First and student outcomes : 2003-2010 / James J. Kemple -- Reflections on Children First / Jennifer A. O'Day and Catherine S. Bitter. edited by Jennifer A. O'Day, Catherine S. Bitter and Louis M. Gomez. Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-335) and index. n-us-ny Educational change New York (State) New York Cambio educacional Nueva York LA 339 E24 2011 Zweig, Stefan, 1881-1942 9781934742839 193474283X DLC 191108 20250220145916.0 spa