Critical small schools
Subtitle: beyond privatization in New York City urban educational reform
By: edited by Maria Hantzopoulos and Alia R. Tyner
Publisher: Information Age Pub.; Information Age Publishing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Charlotte, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9781617356834; 9781617356841; 9781617356858
Subjects: Urban Education; Case studies; School improvement programs; Small schools
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword: critical small schools: windows on educational justice in a neoliberal blizzard / Michelle Fine; title: Introduction: forging a homegrown movement: the case for critical small schools in NYC / Maria Hantzopoulos and Alia Tyner-Mullings; title: City prep: a culture of care in an era of data-driven reform / Jessica Schiller; title: Considering context: exploring a small school's struggle to maintain its educational vision / Rosa Rivera-McCutchen; title: A close look at small school creation: lessons learned from the first years of a critical small school / Jay Feldman and Anne O'Dwyer; title: Authentic caring and community driven school reform: the case of El Puente Academy for Peace and Justice / Anthony De Jesús; title: Additive schooling: a critical small school for latino immigrant youth / Lesley Bartlett and Jill Koyama; title: Learning from our students: recovering the purpose of small schools in an era beholden to standardization / Nora Ahmed and Liza Bearman; title: Freedom from high-stakes testing: a formula for small school success / Martha Foote; title: Redefining success: how CPESS students reached the goals that mattered / Alia Tyner-Mullings; title: Willie Rivera thoughts: critical small schools and the transition to education / Janice Bloom; title: When cultures collide: students' successes and challenges as transformative change agents within and beyond a democratic school / Maria Hantzopoulos.