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020			_a9780199987504 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
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050	0	4	_aLB2822 _b.I477 2013
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100	1		_aKirp, David L. _e1
245	1	0	_aImprobable scholars _bthe rebirth of a great American school system and a strategy for America's schools / _cDavid L. Kirp.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (viii, 262 pages)
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520	0		_a"No school district can be all charismatic leaders and super-teachers. It can't start from scratch, and it can't fire all its teachers and principals when students do poorly. Great charter schools can only serve a tiny minority of students. Whether we like it or not, most of our youngsters will continue to be educated in mainstream public schools. The good news, as David L. Kirp reveals in Improbable Scholars, is that there's a sensible way to rebuild public education and close the achievement gap for all students. Indeed, this is precisely what's happening in a most unlikely place: Union City, New Jersey, a poor, crowded Latino community just across the Hudson from Manhattan. The school district--once one of the worst in the state--has ignored trendy reforms in favor of proven game-changers like quality early education, a word-soaked curriculum, and hands-on help for teachers. When beneficial new strategies have emerged, like using sophisticated data-crunching to generate pinpoint assessments to help individual students, they have been folded into the mix. The results demand that we take notice--from third grade through high school, Union City scores on the high-stakes state tests approximate the statewide average. In other words, these inner-city kids are achieving just as much as their suburban cousins in reading, writing, and math. What's even more impressive, nearly ninety percent of high school students are earning their diplomas and sixty percent of them are going to college. Top students are winning national science awards and full rides at Ivy League universities. These schools are not just good places for poor kids. They are good places for kids, period. Improbable Scholars offers a playbook--not a prayer book--for reform that will dramatically change our approach to reviving public education"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	0		_a"In Improbable Scholars, David L. Kirp challenges the conventional wisdom about public schools and education reform in America through an in-depth look at Union City, New Jersey's high-performing urban school district. In this compelling study, Kirp reveals Union's city's revolutionary secret: running an exemplary school system doesn't demand heroics, just hard and steady work"-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_aIntroduction: High Stakes -- _tThe Pie: Room 210, George Washington Elementary School -- _tNew Kids on the Block: George Washington Elementary School -- _tGruntwork: The Endless Business of Building a Great School System -- _tThe Magic Kingdom: Preschool for All -- _tMother Teresa meets Mayor Daley: Good Schools = Smart Politics -- _tCan These Eagles Soar?: Union City High School -- _tWhere Fun Comes to Die (And Be Reborn): George Washington Elementary School-Reprise -- _tThe Odyssey Continues: Union City School System, One Year Later -- _tWhat Union City Can Teach America: Nationwide, Slow and Steady Wins the Race.
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650		0	_aSchool improvement programs _zNew Jersey _zUnion City _vCase studies.
650		0	_aHispanic American children _xEducation _zNew Jersey _zUnion City _vCase studies.
650		0	_aEducational equalization _zNew Jersey _zUnion City _vCase studies.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=575481&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell