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Jirtle, Nancy M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Durham (North Carolina) School of the Arts' transformation in 5 years from a run-down, segregated facility to a highly desirable magnet school is proof that a school accessible to the whole community can succeed. Students are chosen by lottery and are showing appreciable academic growth on state tests. (MLH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Achievement Gains, De Facto Segregation, Fine Arts
Direct linkHess, Frederick M. – School Administrator, 2004
The author recently had the same conversation about local school reform with two superintendents--one from a large, urban district in the East and the other from a small district in the Midwest. Both superintendents were working with their respective boards to approve, design and fund reading initiatives consistent with the new federal guidelines.…
Descriptors: Superintendents, School Restructuring, Magnet Schools, Collective Bargaining
Murray, Rosemary; Harlin, Rebecca – Childhood Education, 2006
Since the 1970s, both authors have been involved in the school reform movement, sharing a passion for improving public education, particularly urban public education. Their experiences as teacher and professor in an urban magnet laboratory school reinforced their belief in the ability of all children to learn. They state that, within the magnet…
Descriptors: Urban Youth, Educational Change, School Restructuring, Preservice Teachers
Peer reviewedGeorge, Paul; Morgan, Joyce; Jenkins, Terry – Equity & Excellence in Education, 1997
Discusses the efforts of Troup County (Georgia) to restructure their schools and curriculum to provide all students with an equal education without resorting to tracking or heterogeneous grouping practices. Five main strategies are discussed: reorganization of curriculum and grouping in each school; professional development; developing a Magnet…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Foley, Dorothy M. – Principal, 1993
One Massachusetts elementary school, desegregated and rebuilt with a complete system of state-of-the-art technology and infrastructure, has shown how technology can influence school restructuring and student achievement. School's technology is integrated into the whole curriculum. Garfield School's experience shows that computers can benefit both…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Desegregation Effects
Download full textKlonsky, Susan E. – 1994
Researchers report that fundamental reform is under way in perhaps one-third of Chicago public schools, involving more than 100,000 students. These sketches of schools where restructuring is taking place provide some clues to fundamental questions about educational change. The Chicago School Reform Act of 1988 established local school councils and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disabilities, Dropout Prevention, Educational Change
