Reforming a School System, Reviving a City

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The Promise of Say Yes to Education in Syracuse

ISBN: 1137346825
ISBN 13: 9781137346827
Autor: Maeroff, G
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xi, 227 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2013
Auflage: 1/2013
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

TIMELY: Joins together the contemporary conversations on educational reform, urban reform, and investment and economic revival in the US.INNOVATIVE: Shows step by step what Say Yes to Education’s plans were, how they implemented them, how the program offers a model for education and economic reform that can be used in cities across the US.AUTHOR EXPERTISE: Maeroff was for 16 years the national education correspondent at the New York Times. He has also been a senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the founding director of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media at Teachers College, Columbia University.CLEAR, ACCESSIBLE WRITING: Trained as an education journalist, Maeroff writes in an engaging, narrative voice throughout and clearly explains details of policy implementation.

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Beschreibung

Can a bold investment in education turn around the economy of an entire city? Gene I. Maeroff, former national education correspondent for the New York Times, explores how the nonprofit group Say Yes to Education has instituted a network of reforms in Syracuse, New York, that aim to expand the city's the middle class by supporting its children.

Autorenporträt

Gene I. Maeroff is President of the school board in Edison, New Jersey, USA. He is the former national education correspondent of The New York Times and was a senior fellow at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He has written, co-writen, edited, or co-edited fifteen books.

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