Bücher von Paul T. Hill

Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures. After decades of decline in school quality, something must be done to make sure city children learn enough to function as adults in American society.

Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability.

Deficient urban schooling remains one of America's most pressing - and stubborn - public policy problems. This important new book details and evaluates a radical and promising new approach to K-12 education reform. Strife and Progress explains for a broad audience the ""portfolio strategy"" for providing urban education - its rationale, implementation, and results.