{"product_id":"making-a-difference-in-urban-schools-9780802098726","title":"Making a Difference in Urban Schools","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking a Difference in Urban Schools evaluates how school and community leaders have worked to change urban education in Canada for the better over the past fifty years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I would recommend the use of this text in its entirety for graduate level seminars... The authors have provided a valuable study for students interested in exploring the background of urban reform movements in two important Canadian cities.' -- Casey Jakubowski Alberta Journal of Educational Research, vol 60:03:2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Chapter 1- Setting the stage: Poverty, diversity and urban education   * Demographic challenge and change  * Poverty * Diversity   * The changing meaning of equity * The literature on urban educational systems * Conclusions   Chapter Two - Change in the Winnipeg School Board  Chapter Three - Reform at the Toronto Board of Education   * The Toronto Board of Education * The 1970's: setting an agenda for reform  * Some of the Toronto reform trustees   * The 1980s: institutionalizing change * Conclusions   Chapter Four - Ideas Matter: The Impact of Evidence and Belief   * How do ideas matter? * Social movements and evidence informed policy * Frameworks for thinking about education and equity * Educational analysis in the Toronto and Winnipeg boards  * Ideas as a resource for change in Toronto * Ideas as a resource for change in Winnipeg   * Conclusions   Chapter five - Politics, conflict and civic capacity   * Central and local: Relationships between districts and provincial governments * Trustees and boards * Community involvement * Relations with board administrators * Conclusions   Chapter 6 - Teaching and Learning in Urban Schools   * Creating a welcoming classroom environment * Changing the curriculum * Rethinking literacy * Streaming and secondary school change * Testing and assessment * Relationships with teachers and their unions * Conclusions   Chapter 7 - Lessons from Canadian urban school reform   * Have things improved over the last forty years? * Policy proposals and their limits Ideas and research * Politics * Teaching and learning * What should be done?  * School districts need thoughtful strategic plans * Stronger links are needed between urban districts and provincial governments * More public debate based on good data around the political controversies inherent in urban public education. * Urban schools must be good places to work and learn so as to attract and retain good people * A central and sustained focus on improved teaching and learning * Strong, consistent community engagement * Better use of research and evidence * The necessary infrastructure to support all of the above     Appendix on methodology   * The study   Index of Names and Organizations  References","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405233070423,"sku":"9780802098726","price":46.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780802098726.jpg?v=1730489215","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/making-a-difference-in-urban-schools-9780802098726","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}