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Joffee, Monte; Goulah, Jason; Gebert, Andrew – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2009
This article presents a dialogue with Monte Joffee. Joffee has been an active leader in the small school and charter school movements in New York City for over 20 years. He is a cofounder of The Renaissance Charter School in New York City and served as its founding principal (1993-2007). In this dialogue, Joffee articulates the ways in which…
Descriptors: Small Schools, Charter Schools, Educational Philosophy, Human Geography
DelViscio, James L.; Muffs, Michael L. – School Administrator, 2007
Good teachers were shying away from accepting 4th-grade positions because of the growing accountability pressures that were being unfairly brought to bear on that grade level. Highly publicized reports of the state's new battery of standardized assessments were scaring off applicants. To address the personnel needs while more fairly sharing the…
Descriptors: Looping (Teachers), Accountability, Personnel Needs, Grade 4