Not so easy going : the policy environments of small urban schools and schools-within-schools /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Raywid, Mary Anne
Other Authors:	Schmerler, Gil
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Charleston, WV : ERIC Clearinghouse on Rural Education and Small Schools, [2003]
Subjects:	Urban schools > United States > Case studies. Small schools > United States > Case studies. School improvement programs > United States > Case studies. Downsizing of schools

Table of Contents:

Not so easy going
Birthing the small schools movement, New York
A separate superintendency
Talking the talk without walking the walk, Chicago
Philadelphia, the superintendent's baby
Pilots on the fringes, Boston
A principal-inspired set of schools-within-schools, Kapaa Elementary School
International High School. The charter years
Making space for innovation, Portland. Establishing a focus school. the Environmental Middle School. Creating an alliance of focus schools. Looking to the future
A multiplex, the Julia Richman Education Complex
Conclusions.