Restructuring Schools: Promising Practices and Policies / Edition 1

by Maureen T. Hallinan

Overview

Restructuring Schools presents conceptual and empirical models of school organization for promoting students' achievement. Papers by nationally recognized educational sociologists examine four dimensions of the educational process-school organization and governance, organization of students for instruction, classroom processes, and school-to-work transitions-and suggest methods to increase the effectiveness of each. The volume also explores the innovative concept of output-driven education which redirects attention to student achievement as an outcome variable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306450341
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	10/31/1995
Series:	Crime and Society
Edition description:	1995
Pages:	263
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction (M.T. Hallinan). Achievementoriented School Design (J.S. Coleman). Reforming Education: A Critical Overlooked Component (A.C. Kerckhoff). Lessons from Catholic High Schools on Renewing Our Educational Institutions (A.S. Bryk). Ideology and Organizations: Private Education in PostCommunist Poland (B. Heyns). School Choice in New York City: Preliminary Observations (P. Cookson, Jr., C. Lucks). Lost in Translation: Applying Total Quality Management to Schools, Colleges, and Universities (A.M. Pallas, A. Neumann). Creating Linkages in the High SchooltoWork Transition: Vocational Teachers' Networks (J. Rosenbaum, S.A. Jones). Talking and Working Together: Conditions for Learning in Complex Instruction (E. Cohen et al.). Local Constraints on Opportunity to Learn Mathematics in High School (J. Manlove, D. Baker). Tracking Students for Instruction: Consequences and Implications for School Restructuring (A. Gamoran, M.T. Hallinan). Academic Challenge, Motivation, and Self Esteem: The Daily Experiences of Students in High School (B. Schneider, S. Knauth). Overview (M.T. Hallinan). Index.

Editorial Reviews

Describes models of reform for US public schools and proposes substantial changes at several different organizational levels. The 11 papers specify the mechanisms that link structure and processes to student outcomes in school organization and governance, the social organization of students, classroom processes, and school-to-work transitions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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