Böcker av Paul T. Hill

America's education system faces a stark dilemma: it needs governmental oversight, rules and regulations, but it also needs to be adaptable enough to address student needs and the many different problems that can arise at any given school-something that large educational bureaucracies are notoriously bad at. The authors offer a solution.

Mayoral takeovers of big city public education systems are desperation measures. After decades of decline in school quality, something must be done to make sure city children learn enough to function as adults in American society.

Every year, in one out of three big cities, the school superintendent leaves his or her job, sending local community leaders back to square one.

Charter schools are among the most debated and least understood phenomena in American education today. At the heart of these matters is a contested question of accountability.

Deficient urban schooling remains one of America's most pressing - and stubborn - public policy problems. This important new book details and evaluates a radical and promising new approach to K-12 education reform. Strife and Progress explains for a broad audience the ""portfolio strategy"" for providing urban education - its rationale, implementation, and results.