Access to Success in the Urban High School: The Middle College MovementTeachers College Press, 2001 - 206 pàgines This fascinating history of one school innovation recounts the painstaking labours of those willing to help at-risk youth succeed in our complex society. Harold Wechsler examines the middle college movement by focusing on a quarter-century of growth at the first Middle College. Started in 1974 at LaGuardia Community College in New York, this successful alternative school has since been widely replicated and adapted throughout the country. Anyone interested in the processes of educational reform will find this captivating story and Wechsler s in-depth policy analysis to be essential reading. |
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Precedents and Influences | 1 |
The Rationales for Reorganization | 4 |
The 1114 Idea In Practice | 12 |
Resurrecting the Vision | 16 |
Conclusion | 18 |
Coming Together Open Admissions and Philanthropy | 20 |
Access to Public Higher Education in New York City | 21 |
LaGuardia Community College | 23 |
Replications | 94 |
The New York City Sites | 95 |
The Ford Foundation and the Reform of Urban Education | 98 |
Selecting the Inner Circle | 105 |
Five Successes | 108 |
Two Failures | 132 |
Conclusion | 135 |
The Sum of the Parts | 139 |
The Designer and the Design | 27 |
The Components | 33 |
Wholl Run the School? | 44 |
Approval | 49 |
Conclusion | 51 |
Living at the Border Design and Implementation | 53 |
The First Years | 54 |
Academic Reform | 66 |
School Membership and Academic Engagement | 77 |
Conclusion | 89 |
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