Even as CPS opens more new schools, children with special needs have a tougher time finding options. Placements in private therapeutic schools are scarce, and some charters are reluctant to enroll them.
Actors in school reform turn authors for new book
Chapters on the community's role in school reform were contributed by Russo; Ken Rolling, former executive director of Chicago Annenberg Challenge; Andrew Wade, executive director of Chicago School Leadership Cooperative; David Gordon, editor of Harvard Education Letter; Madeline Talbott, head organizer with Illinois ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now).
By: John Myers / February 1, 2004
From the February, 2004 issue of Catalyst-Chicago Early Childhood Teachers
In a new book, 11 actors in Chicago's ongoing school reform saga join researchers and editors of the Harvard Education Letter for a new look at the key issues and forces that have shaped the past 15 years of work to improve the nation's third largest school district.
"School Reform in Chicago: Lessons in Policy and Practice" was edited by Catalyst contributing Editor Alexander Russo and published by the Harvard Education Press.
"This book takes a critical and varied look at what really happened in Chicago schools in the years since Mayor Daley took over, and asks whether current school reform efforts are going through a golden era—or a lull," says Russo.
Chapters on the community's role in school reform were contributed by Russo; Ken Rolling, former executive director of Chicago Annenberg Challenge; Andrew Wade, executive director of Chicago School Leadership Cooperative; David Gordon, editor of Harvard Education Letter; Madeline Talbott, head organizer with Illinois ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now); and Richard Gelb, curriculum coordinator at Benito Juarez High School.
The swirling political waters of education policy are addressed by Philip Hansen, accountability chief under former schools CEO Paul Vallas; Michael Sadowski, assistant editor of Harvard Education Letter; G. Alfred Hess, Jr., research professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University; Richard Elmore, professor of education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education; Timothy Brandhorst, former director of labor relations of CPS; Linda Lenz, publisher of Catalyst; John Ayers, executive director of Leadership for Quality Education; Jacqueline Leavy, director of the Neighborhood Capital Budget Group; and Cozette Buckney, former chief education officer of CPS.
The book costs $22.95 for the paperback edition.
ORDER ONLINE: "School Reform in Chicago: Lessons in Policy and Practice"
Orders also may be placed with the publisher, (617) 495-3432.
