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  • av Peter Frumkin, Bruno V. Manno & Nell Edgington
    421 - 627

    Charter schools have only a brief history in education. In this book, scholars investigate success factors, challenges, internal operations, and mission management strategies to build stronger, more effective charter schools.

  • - What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States
     
    421

    In this foundational book, Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden bring together a cross-section of respected academics and journalists to examine key aspects of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This volume provides a thematic and in-depth analysis of the central provisions of this landmark legislation, presenting a range of perspectives.

  • - Lessons Learned
     
    757

    Examines the shifting federal role in education across the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. While the administrations were vastly different, one thing remained constant: an ongoing and significant expansion of the federal role in education.

  • - Balancing Access, Equity, and Cost
     
    771

    Offers a balanced perspective on how different countries approach key policies and what the United States can learn from those programs. Jason Delisle and Alex Usher have gathered a diverse group of experts to examine systems across the globe with a focus on the trade-offs between access, cost, and quality.

  • - The Education Leader's Guide to Using Data and Research
    av Nora Gordon & Carrie Conaway
    421 - 757

    Written by two leading experts in education research and policy, Common-Sense Evidence is a concise, accessible guide that helps education leaders find and interpret data and research, and then put that knowledge into action.

  • - Understanding the Failure of Common Core
    av Tom Loveless
    451

  • - Five Award-Winning School Districts
    av Heather Zavadsky
    421 - 677

    Looks in detail at five school districts that have been honoured in recent years by The Broad Foundation, whose annual award is granted ""each year to the urban school districts that demonstrate the greatest overall performance and improvement in student achievement while reducing achievement gaps among poor and minority students"".

  • - Educational Innovation and Philadelphia's School of the Future
     
    421

    When the school district of Philadelphia teamed up with the Microsoft Corporation in 2006 to redesign the American high school, the result was the School of the Future, hailed NBC News as ""next-generation education."" While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning.

  • - How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best
     
    451

    Simultaneous pressures to reduce costs and increase student achievement have never been greater than they are today. Not only is cost-cutting essential, argue Hess and Osberg, but eliminating inefficient spending is critical for freeing up resources. This provocative book brings together a dynamic group of authors who offer fresh insights into an issue no school can afford to ignore.

  • - Policies and Programs in a Changing Era
     
    451

    Examines the growing convergence between the K-12 and higher education sectors in the United States. This volume makes the powerful case that it is no longer possible to think of one sector in the absence of the other, given the economic, demographic, and technological forces that are pushing the educational system toward convergence.

  • - Beyond Whole-School Reform
     
    407

    Reorients discussions about school reform by moving away from "whole school” solutions to customized services and products. While the best-known entrepreneurial efforts have sought to fix problems at a school wide level, this volume looks at "how providers might use new tools to deliver or customize services that do not conform to conventional [school] policies or structures.” It surveys the current landscape of customised entrepreneurial activity in education, looks closely at particular customized innovations by schools and education entrepreneurs, and addresses persistent concerns that arise in connection with customized reforms.

  • - Educational Innovation and Philadelphia's School of the Future
     
    677

    When the school district of Philadelphia teamed up with the Microsoft Corporation in 2006 to redesign the American high school, the result was the School of the Future, hailed NBC News as ""next-generation education."" While technology was a crucial element at the School of the Future, the redesign sought fundamentally to rethink the models for teaching and learning.

  • - Politics, Governance, and the New Portfolio Models for Urban School Reform
     
    467

    Examines an innovative approach to school district management that has been adopted by a number of urban districts in recent years: a portfolio management model, in which ""a central office oversees a portfolio of schools offering diverse organisational and curricular themes, including traditional public schools, private organisations, and charter schools.

  • - Beyond Whole-School Reform
     
    627

  • - How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best
     
    627

    Simultaneous pressures to reduce costs and increase student achievement have never been greater than they are today. Not only is cost-cutting essential, argue Hess and Osberg, but eliminating inefficient spending is critical for freeing up resources. This provocative book brings together a dynamic group of authors who offer fresh insights into an issue no school can afford to ignore.

  • - Politics, Governance, and the New Portfolio Models for Urban School Reform
     
    627

    Examines an innovative approach to school district management that has been adopted by a number of urban districts in recent years: a portfolio management model, in which ""a central office oversees a portfolio of schools offering diverse organisational and curricular themes, including traditional public schools, private organisations, and charter schools.

  •  
    757

    Examines the contexts in which new initiatives in education are taking shape. The contributors inquire into the impact of entrepreneurship on the larger field - including the development and deployment of new technologies - and analyse the incentives, barriers, opportunities, and tensions that support or constrain innovation.

  • - Politics, Policy, and Reform
     
    451

    Philanthropic foundations play an increasingly influential role in education research, policy, and practice - yet this sector has been subject to little research-informed analysis. In The New Education Philanthropy, Frederick M. Hess and Jeffrey R. Henig convene a diverse group of scholars and analysts to examine the shifting role of education philanthropy.

  • - Balancing Access, Equity, and Cost
     
    461

    Offers a balanced perspective on how different countries approach key policies and what the United States can learn from those programs. Jason Delisle and Alex Usher have gathered a diverse group of experts to examine systems across the globe with a focus on the trade-offs between access, cost, and quality.

  • - How Variations in State Governance Make or Break Reform
    av Sara E. Dahill-Brown
    451 - 801

    Examines how variations in state governance determine how federal initiatives are implemented and makes recommendations for approaching reform from this perspective. The book defines the key ways in which state policy environments differ, illustrates how those differences matter, and encourages reformers to achieve more equitable improvement.

  • - Lessons Learned
     
    451

    Examines the shifting federal role in education across the presidential administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. While the administrations were vastly different, one thing remained constant: an ongoing and significant expansion of the federal role in education.

  • av Frederick M. Hess
    407 - 717

    Inspired by his conversations with young, would-be reformers who are passionate about transforming education, the book offers a window into Frederick M. Hess's thinking about what education reform is and should be. Hess writes that ""reform is more a matter of how one thinks about school improvement than a recital of programs and policy proposals.

  • - What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States
     
    757

    In this foundational book, Frederick M. Hess and Max Eden bring together a cross-section of respected academics and journalists to examine key aspects of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). This volume provides a thematic and in-depth analysis of the central provisions of this landmark legislation, presenting a range of perspectives.

  • - Policies and Programs in a Changing Era
     
    777

    Examines the growing convergence between the K-12 and higher education sectors in the United States. This volume makes the powerful case that it is no longer possible to think of one sector in the absence of the other, given the economic, demographic, and technological forces that are pushing the educational system toward convergence.

  •  
    421

    Examines the contexts in which new initiatives in education are taking shape. The contributors inquire into the impact of entrepreneurship on the larger field - including the development and deployment of new technologies - and analyse the incentives, barriers, opportunities, and tensions that support or constrain innovation.

  • - Philanthropy, Education Reform, and the Politics of Influence
    av Megan E. Tompkins-Stange
    421 - 757

    Offers a rare behind-the-scenes view of decision making inside four influential education philanthropies: the Ford Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation. The outcome is an intriguing, thought-provoking look at the impact of current philanthropic efforts on education.

  • - Politics, Policy, and Reform
     
    797

    Philanthropic foundations play an increasingly influential role in education research, policy, and practice - yet this sector has been subject to little research-informed analysis. In The New Education Philanthropy, Frederick M. Hess and Jeffrey R. Henig convene a diverse group of scholars and analysts to examine the shifting role of education philanthropy.

  • - The Global Challenge of Educating High-Ability Students
    av Jr. Finn, Chester E. & Brandon L. Wright
    451

    In Failing Our Brightest Kids, Chester E. Finn, Jr., and Brandon L. Wright argue that, for decades, the United States has done too little to focus on educating students to achieve at high levels.

  • av Frederick M. Hess
    451 - 737

    Adopts the logic of Cage-Busting Leadership and applies it to the unique challenges and opportunities of classroom teachers. Detailed, accessible, and thoroughly engaging, it uncovers the many ways in which teachers can break out of familiar constraints in order to influence school and classroom practice, education policy, and school reform.

  • - Charting a New Course to College Affordability
     
    407

    In this provocative volume, two experts with very different points of view address the growing concern that student loan programmes are not a sustainable solution to the problem of mounting college costs. They argue that the time has come to reform the financial aid system so that it is more effective in promoting college affordability, access, and completion.

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