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Book SynopsisRossell, Boston University; Marvin Schick, Avi Chai Foundation; Mark Schneider, SUNY, Stony Brook; Lee Stuart, South Bronx Churches; Paul Teske, SUNY, Stony Brook; Emanuel Tobier, New York University; Joanna P. Williams, Columbia University
Table of ContentsContributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Education in the City
Chapter 1. Schooling in New York City: The Socioeconomic Context
Chapter 2. Public Schools That Work
Part II: Governance
Chapter 3. The Difference Between Charter Schools and Charterlike Schools
Chapter 4. Contractual Constraints on School Management: Principals' Perspectives on the Teacher Contract
Chapter 5. The Bronx Leadership Academy High School: The Challenges of Innovation
Part III: Defining Good Pedagogy
Chapter 6. The Teacher Crisis and Educational Standards
Chapter 7. Teaching Reading: Phonics and the Whole-Language Method
Chapter 8. Teaching Language Minorities: Theory and Reality
Chapter 9. The Education of Handicapped Children
Part IV: Nonpublic Schools
Chapter 10. Catholic Schools
Chapter 11. Jewish Day Schools
Chapter 12. Historically Black Independent Schools
Part V: Choice
Chapter 13. Public School Choice: A Status Report
Chapter 14. When Low-Income Students Move From Public to Private Schools
Chapter 15. School Finance Reform: Introducing the Choice Factor
Index
