Improving the Urban High School: What Works and why
- ISBN-10
- 0304324442
- ISBN-13
- 9780304324446
- Category
- Education, Urban
- Pages
- 340
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Burns & Oates
- Authors
- Karen Seashore Louis, Matthew B. Miles
Description
Urban high schools are in trouble. Pupils are seriously under-achieving or dropping out, buildings are decaying, teachers are frustrated and parents are desperate. What's to be done? Louis and Miles focus on five in-depth case studies of urban schools. In each case, the authors describe the actions of the school staff and how they achieved success.
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