The labyrinth of cultural complexity
Subtitle: Fremont High teachers, the small school policy, and Oakland inner-city realities
By: Robert Anderson
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; Lincoln, NE; Shanghai
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780595470341
Subjects: High schools; Case studies; Small schools
Table of contents: title: 1. Creating, implementing, and assessing policy. Part I. Policy from the committee of ten. The college preparatory high school: 1905-1915. 2. An elite school policy for farm and factory children; title: Part II. Policy based on cardinal principles. The comprehensive high school: 1915-1985. 3. A bigger is better policy. 4. The cultural revolution in East Oakland. 5. The need for a policy alternative; title: Part III. Policy enacted and enabled by state law. The career academies: 1985-2003. 6. The new organizational policy: design and implementation. 7. Meeting school-wide needs: assessment; title: Part IV. Policy in support of new small schools. Creation of the Fremont Federation of High Schools: 2000-2005. 8. Designing the small school policy. 9. The struggle to implement: year one. 10. The struggle: year two. 11. The struggle: year three. 12. Assessment: leadership challenges. 13. Assessment: federation versus fragmentation. 14. Coping with cultural complexity.