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Albisa, C., Fruchter, N., and Mediratta, K. (2003, June). Civil Society and School Accountability: A Human Rights Approach to Parent and Community Participation in NYC Schools. New York, NY: NYU Institute for Education and Social Policy.
Keyword: District Urban

The American Assembly. (2002). Conducting Your Community Dialogue: A Companion To Building A More United America. New York, NY: Author
Keyword: urban demographic 

The American Diploma Project. (2004). Ready or Not: Creating a High School Diploma That Counts. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: Urban Demographic

Ananda, S. (2003). Rethinking Issues of Alignment Under No Child Left Behind. San Francisco, CA: WestEd
Keyword: state district demographic urban


The Annenberg Foundation. (2002). The Annenberg Challenge: Lessons and reflections on public school reform. Los Angeles, CA: Author.
Keyword: teacher urban district demographic

Archer, J. (2002, June 15). Training sessions help urban schools lead change. Education Week, 21, 42. 11.
Keyword: urban district

Black, S. (2002, July). The roots of vandalism: When students engage in wanton destruction, what can schools do? American School Board Journal [online]. Available: http://www.asbj.com/current/research.html.
Keyword: principal teacher urban demographic


Blume, H. & Dockstader, D. (2002, July 19-25). Degrees of deceit: How one inner-city high school played the numbers game and made its dropout rate go away. LA Weekly.
Keyword: urban district demographic


Carey, K. (2003, Fall). The Funding Gap. Washington, DC: The Education Trust.
Keyword: state district urban demographic


Chaplin, D., Fiske, E.B., et. al. (2002, September). Divided We Fail: Coming Together Through Public School Choice. New York, NY: The Century Foundation.
Keyword: district state urban demographic

Coalition for Community Schools. (2003). Helping Young People Succeed: Strengthening And Sustaining Relationships Between Schools And Youth Development Organizations. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: district teacher urban

Coalition for Community Schools. (2003, May.) Making The Difference: Research And Practice In Community Schools-- Executive Summary. Washington, DC: Author. Available online: http://www.communityschools.org.
Keyword: district state urban


Coalition for Community Schools. (2002). Executive Summary -- Community Schools: A Handbook For State Policy Leaders. Washington, DC: Author. 
Keyword: district state demographic

Cohen, M. (2001.) Transforming the American High School: New Directions for State and Local Policy. Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute.
Keyword: state district urban teacher principal demographic

The Collaborative For Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and LSS. (2003, March.) Safe And Sound: An Educational Leader's Guide To Evidence-Based Social And Emotional Learning (SEL) Programs. Philadelphia, PA and Chicago, IL: Authors.
Keyword: district demographic teacher urban


Council of Chief State School Officers. (2002, April). Expecting Success: A Study of Five High Performing, High Poverty Schools. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: district urban demographic teacher

Council of the Great City Schools. (2002, June). Beating the Odds II: A city-by-city analysis of student performance and achievement gaps in state assesments. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: district urban demographic

David, J. L. & Shields, P. M. (2001, August). When Theory Hits Reality: Standards-Based Reform in Urban Districts. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
Keyword: district superintendent state demographic urban

DC Voice. (2001, January). Half The Solution: The Supports DC Students Need to Meet High Academic Standards. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: demographic district teacher urban

DC Voice. (2001). "The Local School Principal: Resources for DC School Communities Facing Leadership Changes." Speaking Out. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: principal urban

DeVoe, J.F., Peter, K, Kaufman, P, et. al. (2003, October). Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2003. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Keyword: urban demographic district 


Dorman, N. ed. (2002, October) School Board Dismissed? Milwaukee Magazine.
Keyword: urban district

Eccles, J., Gootman, J.A., ed. (2002). Executive Summary to Communtity Programs to Promote Youth Development. Washington, D.C.: National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Keyword: demographic urban state

Education Daily. (2002, July 16). Table: 2000-01 Average Teacher Salaries, by state.
Keyword: state teacher

Education Writers Association. (2003). Effective Superintendents, Effective Boards: Finding The Right Fit. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: district state urban


Education Writers Association. (2003). Effective Superintendents, Effective Boards: Finding The Right Fit. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: district state urban


Education Writers Association. (2002). Searching for a superhero: Can principals do it all? Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: principal teacher district urban


Elmore, R.F. (n.d.) Knowing The Right Thing To Do: School Improvement and Performance-Based Accountability. Washington, D.C.: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices.
Keyword: district state teacher urban


Hannaway, J. and Swanson, C.B. (2003, April 15). Encouragement, not Sanctions, on Education. Washington, DC: The Urban League.
Keyword: District State Urban

Farkas, S., Johnson, J., Duffett, A. (2003). Stand By Me: What Teachers Really Think about Unions, Merit Pay and other Professional Matters. New York, NY: Public Agenda.
Keyword: teacher district state urban


Frankenburg, E. & Lee, C. (2002, August). Race in American public schools: Rapidly resegregating school districts. Cambridge, MA: The Civil Rights Project, Harvard University . 
Keyword: demographic urban district

Frumkin, P. (2003). Creating New Schools: The Strategic Management of Charter Schools. Baltimore, MD: Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Keyword: urban district state


Fuller, H.L., Campbell, C., Celio, M.B., et al. (2003, July). An Impossible Job? The View From The Urban Superintendent's Chair. Seattle, WA: University of Washington.
Keyword: district urban


Gonzales, R. (2002, November 25). 10 Positive Ways A Mayor Can Help Improve Public Education. [Online]. Available: www.sjmayor.org/education/smartstarttopten.html
Keyword: urban district demographic

Grossman, J.B., Price, M.L., Fellerath, V., et. al. (2002, June). Multiple Choices After School: Findings from the Extended-Service Schools Initiative. Philadelphia, PA: Public/Private Ventures
Keyword: district state urban

Hall, D., Wiener, R., Cary, K. (2003). What new "AYP" Information Tells Us About Schools, States, and Public Education. Washington, DC: The Education Trust.
Keyword: district state urban


Harvey, J. and Housman, N. (2004). Crisis or Possibility? Conversations About the American High School. Washington, DC: National High School Alliance.
Keyword: District Urban

Heifets, O. and Blank, M. (2004, Jan./Feb.) Community Schools: Engaging Parents and Families. Our Children.
Keyword: Urban Demographic

Henry, T., Lewis, A.C., Remsen, N., et. al. (2003). Money Matters: A Reporter's Guide To School Finance. Washington, DC: Education Writers' Association.
Keyword: district state urban

Hess, F.M. (2002). School boards at the dawn of the 21st century: Conditions and challenges of district governance. Washington, DC: National School Boards Association.
Keyword: district urban demographic

Hoover Institute, Stanford University. (2001, December). Education Next: A Journal of Opinion And Research.
Stanford, CA: Author
Keyword: district superintendent urban

Immerwahr, J., Garcia, M.L., Madrid, A., et al. (2003, June). With Diploma In Hand: Hispanic High School Seniors Talk About Their Future. New York, NY: Public Agenda.
Keyword: teacher district urban demographic

Jepsen, C. & Rivkin, S. (2002). Class size and reduction, teacher quality, and academic achievement in California public elementary schools. San Francisco, CA: Public Policy Institute of California.
Keyword: state teacher urban district demograph

Jerald, C.D. (2001) Dispelling the Myth Revisited: Preliminary Findings from a Nationwide Analysis of "High Flying" Schools. Washington, DC: The Education Trust. Available: http://www.edtrust.org/main/index.asp
Keyword: teacher state urban demographic

Kalita, SM. (2003, December 5). Fairfax Board's First Job: Hire A Superintendent. The Washington Post.
Keyword: District Urban

Kirst, M.W. (2002, May). Mayoral Influence: New Regimes, and Public Governance. Philadelphia, PA: Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania.
Keyword: urban district demographic

Knisely, B. (2002, February 17). Are boards and supes endangered? The AASA Conference Daily, 24,3. 8.
Keyword: district urban

Koppich, J.E. (2001). Investing in teaching. Washington, DC: National Alliance of Business.
Keyword: teacher district urban

Krushamp, J. (2002, February 17). AASA study finds traits of urban leaders. The AASA Conference Daily, 24, 3, 8.
Keyword: district urban

Levine, A. (2002, June 29). Rookies in the schools. The New York Times.
Keyword: urban teacher district

Lewin, T. (2002, June 15). For mayoral control of schools, Chicago has a working blueprint. The New York Times. Keyword: district urban teacher

Lewis, A. (2002, February 17). Cuban: No magical talent among noneducator supes. The AASA Conference Daily, 24,3, 1,16.
Keyword: district urban

The Los Angeles Times. (2000, June 7). A Bad Fit for the LAUSD.
Keyword: district urban

Martinez, M. (2002). "Building A Communication/Dissemination Network to Support Class Size Reduction" in Finn, J.D. & Wang, M.C. (eds.), Taking Small Classes One Step Further (pp. 79-98). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University, LSS.
Keyword: teacher district urban demographic

Martinez, M. and Bray, J. (2002, May). All over the map: State policies to improve the high school. Washington, DC: The National Alliance on the American High School.
Keyword: district state demographic

Mazzeo, C. & Berman, I. (2003). Reaching New Heights: Turning Around Low-Performing Schools. A Guide for Governors. Washington, DC: NGA Center for Best Practices.
Keyword: teacher urban district


Mehlman, N. (2002, June 24). My Brief Teaching Career. The New York Times.
Keyword: teacher urban demographic

Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning. (2000, March). Leadership for school improvement, Revised Edition.
Aurora, CO: Author.

Keyword: district state urban demographic


Miller. A.K.& Chandler, K. (2003, October). Violence in U.S. Public Schools 2000 School Survey on Crime and Safety, Statistical Analysis Report. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics.
Keyword: urban demographic district

Mitchell, A. (1998, November). African American teachers: Unique roles and universal lessons. Education and Urban Society, 31, 1, pp. 104-122.
Keyword: teacher urban demographic

Mitgang, L.D. (2003). Beyond the Pipeline: Getting the Principals We Need, Where They Are Needed Most. New York, NY: The Wallace Foundation.
Keyword: Principal Urban Demographic

National Assembly of Health and Human Service Organizations. (2001). After School Collaboration: When It Works-Why It Works: A Literature Review.
Keyword: district state urban

National Association of Secondary School Principals. (2004). Breakthrough High Schools, Vol. 1. Reston, VA: Author.
Keyword: Principal Urban

National Association of State Boards of Education. (2002). A More Perfect Union: Building an Educational System that Embraces All Children. Alexandria, VA: Author.
Keyword: demographic urban district state

National Center for Education Statistics. (2002). The condition of education 2002. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
Keyword: teacher district urban demographic


National Center on Education and the Economy. (2003, September 29). The American High School Crisis and State Policy Solutions. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: urban teacher district state

National Commission on Service-Learning. (n.d.) Learning in Deed: The power of service-learning for American schools (videocassette). Washington, D.C.
Keyword: teacher district urban demographic

National Education Association. (2002). Legislative Agenda for the 107th Congress and Hispanic Advocates' Resource Disk (CD-ROM). Presented at the Liderazgo Por El Futuro Conference, Estes Park, CO, March 2002.
Washington, DC: Author
Keyword: demographic teacher district state urban principal

National Education Association. (August 2003). Status of the American Public School Teacher 2000-2001.
Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: teacher district urban

National League of Cities. (2004). Municipal Action Kit: Expanding Afterschool Opportunities, Improving Public Schools, and Promoting Youth Participation. Washington, DC: Author
Keyword: Demographic Urban

Panasonic Foundation/AASA. (2001, February). The school leadership challenge: Strategies for school system leaders on district-level change, 8, 1.
Keyword: district principal state urban


Petersen, G.J. (1999, May 30). Demonstrated actions of five superintendents. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 18, 7. Available: http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v7n18.html
Keyword: district principal urban

Ross, D. (2002, July 29). Reforming school reform. Blueprint Magazine. [Online]. Available: http://www.ndol.org
Keyword: urban demographic district

Save the Children. (2002, June). America's forgotten children: Child poverty in rural America. Westport, CT: Author. Keyword: state teacher urban demographic


Siegel, D. & Fruchter, N. (2002, Februrary). Evaluation of the performance driven budgeting initiative of the New York City Board of Education -- Executive Summary. New York, NY: Institute for Education and Social Policy, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University.
Keyword: district urban demographic

Singer P. (2002, November 8). Cleveland Schools Vote Affirms Visible Progress. The Canton Repository.
Keyword: district urban

The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. (2001, Summer). Selected Readings on School Reform. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: principal district teacher state
urban demographic

Thomas B. Fordham Foundation (2001, Fall). Selected Readings on School Reform. Washington, DC: Author.
Keyword: teacher principal district urban demographic 

Tucker, M.S., (2003). High School and Beyond: The System is the Problem-and the Solution.
Washington, DC: National Center on Education and the Economy.
Keyword: teacher district urban


U.S. Department of Education. (2002). No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference 2002. Washington, DC: Author. [Online] Available: www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
Keyword: principal state teacher district urban

Usdan, M.D. & Cuban, L. (2002, February 27). Powerful Reforms With Shallow Roots: Educational Change in Six Cities. Education Week, 21, 24. 37, 40
Keyword: urban district principal

Viadero, D. (2002, September 11). Big City Mayors' Control of Schools Yield Mixed Results. Education Week, 22, 2, 8.
Keyword: urban district

The Washington Post Magazine. (2002, November 10). The Education Review.
Keyword: district state urban teacher

Waters, T., Marzano, R.J., & McNulty, B. (2003). Balanced Leadership: What 30 Years of Research Tells Us About the Effect of Leadership on Student Achievement (A Working Paper).
Aurora, CO: Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning..
Keyword: teacher principal district urban


Weiner, L. (2003, August 7). Research or "Cheerleading"? Scholarship On Community School District 2, New York City. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 11, 27. Available online: http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v11n27/
Keyword: district urban demographic

WestEd. (2003). Policy Trends. Leading in Difficult Times: Are Urban School Boards Up To The Task?
San Francisco, CA: Author.
Keyword: district urban state


Whitmire, R. (2002, July 29). Time is running out on urban schools. Blueprint Magazine. [Online] Available: http://www.ndol.org
Keyword: urban demographic district



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