Professionalism and community: perspectives on reforming urban schools/

Main Author: Louis, Karen Seashore
Other Authors: Kruse, Sharon D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, c1995
Subjects:
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-258) and index.
Contents: 1. Professionalism and Community: What Is It and Why Is It Important inUrban Schools? / Karen Seashore Louis, Sharon D. Kruse and Anthony S.Bryk -- 2. An Emerging Framework for Analyzing School-BasedProfessional Community / Sharon D. Kruse, Karen Seashore Louis andAnthony S. Bryk -- 3. Professional Community and Its Yield at Metro Academy / Mary Anne Raywid -- 4. Thomas Paine High School: ProfessionalCommunity in an Unlikely Setting / Jean A. King and Daniel A. Weiss --5. Catalyzing Professional Community in a School Reform Left Behind /Sharon Rollow and Anthony S. Bryk -- 6. Changing the Tire on a MovingBus: Barriers to Professional Community at Whitehead School / M. PegLonnquist and Jean A. King -- 7. Dewey Middle School: Getting Past the First Stages of Restructuring / Daniel A. Weiss, Karen Seashore Louisand Jeremy Hopkins -- 8. Developing Professional Community in New andRestructuring Urban Schools / Sharon D. Kruse and Karen Seashore Louis --9. Getting there: Promoting Professional Community in Urban schools / Karen Seashore Louis and Sharon D. Kruse.
Physical Description:x, 261 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:0803962533