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Subtitle: educational innovation and Philadelphia's school of the future
By: Mary Cullinane and Frederick M. Hess, editors
Series: The educational innovations series; Educational innovations
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781934742440; 9781934742457
Subjects: Educational change; Educational technology; Administration; High schools
Description: This book offers a detailed study of the school district of Philadelphia's first three years, revealing what the school of the future can teach us about high school redesign, public-private partnerships, and the use of technology in school reform.--[book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: School of the future and high school redesign  -- Frederick M. Hess, Thomas Gift, and Mary Cullinane; title: Twixt the cup and the lip :; title: from design to execution  -- Jan Biros; title: Technology :; title: the importance of stability  -- Doug Lynch ... [et al.]; title: The challenge of sustainable leadership  -- Matthew Riggan and Margaret E. Goertz; title: Engaging parents and community  -- Patrick McGuinn; title: Teaching from scratch :; title: standards, technology, and innovative instruction  -- Dale Mezzacappa; title: When the model works :; title: snapshots from the classrooms  -- Kate Hayes ... [et al.]; title: No regrets :; title: reflections from the inside  -- Mary Cullinane; title: Lessons learned :; title: technology, reform, and replication  -- Chester E. Finn Jr.; title: The value of transparency, not just evaluation -- Frederick M. Hess and Mary Cullinane.