ED442914 UD033656

 

Title:City Schools: Lessons from New York.
Author(s): Ravitch, Diane, Ed.; Viteritti, Joseph P., Ed.
Author Affiliation: New York Univ., NY.(QPX62850)
Pages: 405
Publication Date: 2000
Notes: Support provided by the John M. Olin Foundation, the Achelis Foundation, and the
Bodman Foundation.
ISBN: 0-8018-6342-2
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability:Johns Hopkins University Press, 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD
21218-4363 (hardbound: ISBN-0-8018-6341-4, $59,95; paperback: ISBN-0-8018-6342-2, $21.50).
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Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Maryland
Journal Announcement: RIEDEC2000

This book presents a collection of essays by researchers and educators that examine the
largest school system in the U.S.--the New York City school system. There are 5 parts with
15 chapters. Part 1, "Education in the City," includes: (1) "Schooling in New York City: The
Socioeconomic Context" (Emanuel Tobier) and (2) "Public Schools That Work" (Clara Hemphill).
Part 2, "Governance," includes: (3) "The Difference between Charter Schools and Charterlike
Schools" (Pearl Rock Kane); (4) "Contractual Constraints on School Management: Principals'
Perspectives on the Teacher Contract" (Dale Ballou); and (5) "The Bronx Leadership Academy
High School: The Challenges of Innovation" (Lee Stuart). Part 3, "Defining Good Pedagogy,"
includes: (6) "The Teacher Crisis and Educational Standards" (Stephan F. Brumberg); (7)
"Teaching Reading: Phonics and the Whole-Language Method" (Joanna P. Williams); (8) "Teaching
Language Minorities: Theory and Reality" (Christine H. Rossell); and (9) "The Education of
Handicapped Children" (Frank J. MacChiarola). Part 4, "Nonpublic Schools," includes: (10)
"Catholic Schools" (Paul T. Hill and Mary Beth Celio); (11) "Jewish Day Schools" (Marvin
Schick); and (12) "Historically Black Independent Schools" (Gail Foster). Part 5, "Choice,"
includes: (13) "Public School Choice: A Status Report" (Paul Teske, Mark Schneider, Christine
Roch, and Melissa Marschall); (14) "When Low-Income Students Move from Public to Private
Schools" (Paul E. Peterson and William G. Howell); and (15) "School Finance Reform:
Introducing the Choice Factor" (Thomas Nechyba and Michael Heise). (SM)

Descriptors:Academic Standards; Black Education; Black Students; Catholic Schools; Charter
Schools; Disabilities; Educational Change; Educational Innovation; Educational Legislation;
Elementary Secondary Education; Governance; Language Minorities; Low Income Groups;
Private Schools; Public Schools; School Choice; *Socioeconomic Influences; Special
Education; Teaching Methods; *Urban Schools; Whole Language Approach
Identifiers: African Americans; Jewish Day Schools; *New York City Board of Education; *New
York (New York)