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PDF pending restorationBalsam, Bertha G. – 1975
The major problem area of humanization and involvement in the New York City high schools is the focus of this report. In this area a most promising trend is the emergence of the school-within-a-school and the small-unit school. This report surveys the various units which have been established, their roles in the high school system, and some of the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, High Schools, House Plan, Humanization
Direct linkDurkin, Robert; Jarney, Michelle – Principal Leadership, 2001
Through the house system, a New York City high school's 2,500 students benefit from a small school environment while accessing large-school resources. Each house participating in a privately funded after-school program features various activities that supplement daily instruction while building on their students' interests. (MLH)
Descriptors: After School Programs, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Schools, High Schools
Download full textOxley, Diana; And Others – 1990
This report concludes that the house plan should be the centerpiece of a systematic restructuring of New York City neighborhood high schools to reduce the dropout rate and improve academic achievement. The house plan is based on the subdivision of one or more grades into smaller schools within schools. Long-term monitoring of New York City dropout…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Improvement
Liebrader, Myron L. – 1977
The organization of three subschools at Grover Cleveland High School, Ridgewook, N. Y., is designed to meet the special needs and desires of the students. The first alternative school is for students with records of excessive absences; the second is for above average students interested in majoring in science; and the third is for average or below…
Descriptors: Business Education, Dropout Prevention, Educational Innovation, House Plan
Ancess, Jacqueline; Ort, Suzanna Wichterle – 1999
In 1992, a collaboration of educational reform organizations, the New York City Board of Education, a teachers' union, and private funders created a model of urban high school reform that was practitioner-driven. Two failing high schools, one in Manhattan and one in the Bronx, were phased out while 11 new, small autonomous high schools were…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Graduation Rate
Crain, Robert L.; And Others – 1992
The career magnet high school programs of the New York City (NYC) public school system were evaluated in an experimental study. The experimental design compared the ninth-grade performance of students randomly selected for magnet schools with those who "lost the lottery." It included 91 pools of students: 3,272 with average reading…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Education, College Preparation, Computer Uses in Education
