Starting up
Subtitle: critical lessons from 10 new schools
By: edited by Lisa Arrastia, Marvin Hoffman ; foreword by Pedro Noguera
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 174
ISBN-13: 9780807753071; 9780807753088
Subjects: Case studies; School improvement programs; Urban schools; New Schools; Charter schools
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Central Park East School: starting out with small schools / Deborah Meier; title: North Kenwood Oakland Charter School: small gestures and sturdy nests-the making of NKO / Marvin Hoffman; title: Urban Academy High School: a place for the true entrepreneurs of education? / Ann Cook & Phyllis Tashlik; title: Maya Angelou Public Charter School: a circle of trust-the story of the see forever school / James Forman, Jr., & David Domenici; title: The Met: educating a nation one school at a time? just do it / Elliot Washor & Dennis Littky; title: El Colegio Charter School: building el colegio / David Greenberg; title: City as classroom school: in all cities geography is power / Lisa Arrastia; title: Khalil Gibran International Academy: from dream to nightmare / Debbie Almontaser; title: Social Justice High School: truth and transparency, community and collective power; title: the evolution of Social Justice High School / Rito Martinez, with Lisa Arrastia; title: High School for Recording Arts: old school, new school / David "TC" Ellis, with Sam Seidel.