Reforming Schools
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Reforming Schools
By (Author) Kimberly Kinsler
By (author) Mae Gamble
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
1st June 2001
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Schools and pre-schools
371
Physical Properties
Hardback
400
720g
Description
This work aims to transform the study of school reform, development and improvement. It not only provides an overview of policy developments, professional and political issues, research findings and their history; it also relates such thinking to case studies. Particular emphasis is given to urban schooling, with a candid look at what can be learnt from success and failure of school reform programmes. Throughout the book, readers are guided by questions, points for reflection and hypothetical exercises that facilitate interaction with case study material.
Author Bio
Professor Kimberly Kinsler is an African-American, educated within the public school system of New York City. During the 1960s, she taught third grade in a public elementary school located in East Harlem. During the 1970s, while working on her PhD, Professor Kinsler became an educational evaluator for the City's Board of Education. She joined the faculty of Hunter College in the 1980s and soon became the co-ordinator of its field based teacher preparation program, developing close ties with public schools, administrators and teachers in District 4. She has worked to reform several schools in disadvantaged areas that were or are on New York State's list of poorly performing schools. Professor Kinsler has continued to conduct educational evaluations for a number of organizations, including the Mayor's Commission on Black New Yorkers and the Ford Foundation. Mae Gamble works at the City University of New York. Professor Mae Gamble is an Italian-American educated in the public school system of Ohio. Joining Hunter College in 1970, Professor Gamble was a major innovator in field based teacher preparation programs and initiated several innovative mentoring programs to assist new teachers. Upon retirement, Professor Gamble brought Levin's Accelerated Schools model to New York City and helped to create Hunter College's partnership with schools in District 4.
