Policy, Leadership, and Student Achievement : Implications for Urban Communities

by Mcguire, C. Kent; Ikpa, Vivian W.

• ISBN13: 9781593119744
• ISBN10: 1593119747
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-15
• Publisher: Information Age Pub Inc

Summary

"Policy, Leadership, and Student Achievement: Implications for Urban Communities is the first book in the series examining student achievement. The chapters in this book reflect the scholarly papers presented at the July 2006 Education Policy, Leadership Summer Institute (EPLSI) by K-16 educators, researchers, community advocates, and policymakers who work in urban communities. During this week-long Institute, participants examined the structural problems and policy tensions affecting urban communities and student achievement. The Institute's theme, Meeting the Challenges of Urban Schools is reflected throughout this book. Specifically, this edition explores the interrelated aspects of policy, practice and research and how they affect academic achievement. The five sections in this book examine different challenges facing urban schools and their impact on student performance."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Introduction and Summary
Urban Challenges: Leadership Structures and Governance
Meeting the Challenges of Urban Communities: Funding School Districts	p. 3
Taking Over: Which School Leadership Structures Generate Success in Restructured Districts?	p. 17
A Research-Based Profession is Needed to Meet the Challenge of Urban Schools	p. 29
The Higher Education Context and Student Performance
Professional Identity Formation: Socialization and Mentoring of Pre-Service Teachers in Urban Communities	p. 39
Caribbean Students' Adjustment to College: Implications for Higher Education Policy	p. 55
Addressing the Needs of Hispanic Students in K-16 Settings	p. 77
Special Populations and Student Achievement
Meeting the Academic Needs of Urban Populations: Homeless Families and Students	p. 93
Wordsworth Academy: Adapting Educational Reform to the Private Alternative School Setting	p. 101
Student Achievement and School Reform in an Urban School District	p. 123
Education Policy and Student Achievement in Urban Schools: Assessing the P.A.T.H.S. Program	p. 141
Education Policy, Reform, and Student Performance
Supplemental Educational Services in Pennsylvania: Policy Perspectives, Effects, and Challenges	p. 165
Alternative Certification: Does It Lend Itself as a Form of Viable Policy to Re Included as a Factor in Teacher Preparation and Certification?	p. 183
Deconstructing Special and Gifted Education Policy and Practice: A Paradigm of Ethical Leadership in Residentially Segregated Schools and Communities	p. 207
The K-12 Urban Context: Improving Student Achievement
Reforming Urban Schools: Five Years from Despair to Hope	p. 223
Building Capacity and Raising Awareness: Implementing NCLB and Its Impact on World Languages	p. 233
Motivating Students through Meaningful Report Cards	p. 243
Universal Pre-Kindergarten as a Basis of Urban Educational Reform	p. 257
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