TY - GEN T1 - Strife and progress : portfolio strategies for managing urban schools A1 - Hill, Paul T. (Paul Thomas), 1943- LA - English PP - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press YR - 2013 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn820011220 AB - Deficient urban schooling remains one of America's most pressing-and stubborn-public policy problems. This important new book details and evaluates a radical and promising new approach to K-12 education reform. Strife and Progress explains for a broad audience the ""portfolio strategy"" for providing urban education-its rationale, implementation, and results. Under the portfolio strategy, cities use anything that works, indifferent to whether schools are run by the public district or private entities. It combines traditional modes of schooling with newer methods, including charterin OP - 140 CN - LC5131 SN - 9780815724285 SN - 0815724284 SN - 9780815724278 SN - 1283834782 SN - 9781283834780 SN - 0815724276 SN - 9780815724278 (pbk. : alk. paper) KW - Urban schools : United States : Administration. KW - Education, Urban : Social aspects : United States. KW - School management and organization : United States. KW - Portfolios in education. KW - Écoles urbaines : États-Unis : Administration. KW - Enseignement en milieu urbain : Aspect social : États-Unis. KW - Administration scolaire : États-Unis. KW - Portfolios en éducation. KW - EDUCATION : Comparative. KW - EDUCATION : History. KW - EDUCATION : Urban. KW - Education, Urban : Social aspects KW - Portfolios in education KW - School management and organization KW - Urban schools : Administration KW - United States KW - Electronic books. ER -