New Report: Building Constructive Partnerships In Urban School Reform

Posted by on June 20, 2003

[posted from Public Education Network Newsletter]

BUILDING CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNERSHIPS IN URBAN SCHOOL REFORM

A new collection of essays examines the intentions and achievements of a cross-section of school reform project funded by the Annenberg Challenge.

Written by project directors and local evaluators at seven of the project sites, including the local education fund in Houston, the essays describe what the projects set out to do and how the partnerships between Challenge research and program staffs at the sites helped clarify and refocus the work over time. The volume features an introduction by Brenda Turnbull of Policy Studies Associates, who collected and edited the essays, and a preface by Institute Executive Director Warren Simmons and Deputy Director Michael Grady. The second chapter, entitled “Building Constructive Partnerships in Urban School Reform,” describes school redesign work undertaken by the Houston A+ Challenge (formerly The Houston Annenberg Challenge), the philosophy of the evaluation team, examples of constructive partnerships; unanticipated outcomes; and the lessons learned. The chapter was co-authored by Drs. Joy Phillips and Pedro Reyes at the University of Texas at Austin and Houston A+ Executive Director Linda Clarke.
http://www.annenbergchallenge.org/pubs/index.html#chapters
Order individual print copies at no charge at:
http://www.annenbergchallenge.org/pubs/pubs_order.html