System-wide Efforts to Improve Student Achievement (Hc)

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references.; Avail. in paper. Publisher Marketing: Strong system-wide support is increasingly being identified as playingan important role in policy efforts aimed at increasing studentachievement (Hightower, Knapp, March, and McLaughlin: 2002). Yetcurrent research often views district and other system-wide support aslargely governance changes without substantive linkage to schoolimprovement outcomes (Cuban and Usdan: 2003). In this volume weseek to deepen our understanding of the role of school districts andsystem-wide initiatives through a series of case studies that focus onhow school districts and system-wide actors facilitate policy innovationand reform initiatives that are designed to improve student achievement. Contributor Bio:  Wong, Kenneth K Kenneth K. Wong is the first Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor for Education Policy and Professor of Education at Brown University. He is Chair of the Education Department and Director of the Master's in Urban Education Policy Program and is Professor of Education, Political Science, and Public Policy. He received his Ph. D. from the University of Chicago. Contributor Bio:  Wong, Kenneth K Wong is associate professor in the department of education and the college at the University of Chicago.