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District Learning Tied to Student Learning
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McFadden, Ledyard – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Winners and finalists for the annual Broad Prize for Urban Education have consistently outperformed peer districts serving similar student populations. What makes the difference? These districts consistently demonstrate a learning loop that influences the district's ability to learn, which ultimately influences student opportunities to learn.…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Urban Education, Academic Achievement, School Districts
Urban Dwellers on Urban Schools.
Rose, Lowell C.; Gallup, Alec M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Compares urban dwellers' opinions about urban public schools with all demographic groups. Finds little difference between the two groups. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Opinion, Urban Population, Urban Schools
Toward a Metropolitan Orientation
Ornstein, Allan C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Describes increasing conflict between the demands of the inner-city population and expectations of the working and middle class. (JF)
Descriptors: Black Community, Inner City, Metropolitan Areas, Middle Class Culture
Integration in Metropolitan Schools: Issues and Prospects
Levine, Daniel U. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
Examines alternative plans for desegregating schools in a metropolitan context. (JF)
Descriptors: Black Community, Inner City, Metropolitan Areas, Middle Class Culture